Hospitals Before 1850: A Case Study

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• Before 1850 few hospitals existed. They were called Almshouses (poorhouses)
• Latter in 1800 they started to evolved from being government owned to community owned but still called the same.
• Medical discoveries during the same late 1800 made them accredit able into institutions for medical practice.
• Hospitals stablish associations with universities that had medical schools,
• Since 1990’s hospitals started to affiliate with each other.

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