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Medicine and Health Care This chapter will attempt to cover the many aspects of health care, medical treatment and allied subjects as they developed over the history of Lewistown. One immediately thinks of doctors, nurses, dentists, drug stores, hospitals, ambulances and perhaps public health officials and others when the subject medicine and health care is mentioned. We will attempt to cover each. We chose the hospitals first because it is the largest of the group and perhaps more people came in contact with one of them than with all the others. Hospitals Start Small The first hospitals in Lewistown were small. They were usually established in a residential building, so they were able to accommodate only a few patients at a time. The old Parker House by the Great Northern Depot served as the first hospital in 1903 with the Penwell sisters as nurses. (Florence l. Penwell also advertised in Kendall offering her nursing services.) The Schroeder Hospital was founded in March 1904, at the corner of Fifth and Spring Street. Miss Louise E. Schroeder, matron of this hospital, was a graduate of the Passavant Memorial Hospital, Chicago, lllinois. The hospital was complete with baths and sewer system, because it was adjacent to Spring Creek. About four or five cases could be cared for at a time. Her hospital was advertised as: "A home for surgical, gynecological, and obstetrical cases." Miss Schroeder's assistant was Miss Maja Herestrom, also a graduate of the Passavant Memorial Hospital, Chicago, and the Stockholm School of Swedish Massage, Stockholm, Sweden. Miss Herestrom specialized in "massage treatment with Swedish movement." Other Small Hospitals From land and title records, Thelma Thomas of Lewistownt Genealogy Society gleaned the following information about the Brice Hospital: It was built by George W. Taylor between the years 1914 and 191 7 and completed in 1919. The Brice Hospital was an impressive two-story red brick structure with a day-lighted basement and rooms on the third floor (attic). It was located at 6i4 W. Pine St. situated in the middle of the block between Sixth and Seventh Avenues (South). lt was operated as the Brice Hospital until about 1922 try Dr. Brice. His residence was next door, and he heated his garage from the furnace in the hospital building. lt is said that he felt it imperative that he be able to start his car in all kinds of weather and that it was justifiable to use the heat from the business for the garage. This hospital took all types of patients, but maternity patients seemed to out number all others. lt was not discontinued as a hospital because of lack of patients but for other unnamed reasons. When the hospital was discontinued, the use of the building was changed to that of an apartment house, called the Brice Apartments. A short time later the apartments were called the Pine Crest Apartments (about the latter part of 1 q??\ Small Hospital Run At the Corcoran Home A very impressive brick home ar 120 W. Evelyn St. was built by James Corcoran as his family home. He built it as an exact copy of a home he had in New York. He is the same James Corcoran who Corcoran Street was named after because he built most of the houses on it. According to Certrude Fischer Work, step granddaughter of James Corcoran, the house was leased to Dr. Brice for a hospital for a couple of years starting in 1918. In 1919 the family moved back into the house. The house is still standing as of the printing of this book. DR. BRICE'8 HOSPITAL l2O W. Er.ltn tt Lowlatown, Montlrtr. lurglcrt, ll.tcrnltY end Non-Con' trgaout Olaa3ot. The hulldlo3 lr nodern and 8it' uatad Itr rttractlve troundl, .{ecom' modnllonr. rttendrnc" and nurslrrt I are tlrrt{lua |l ovort respcct. I nrtg| Ot r.|luoiL Abwe b an adfmn Lewistoutn Democrat- Ncus, &pt. 15, 1927 Photo courtesy of Montana Historical Society. Buib b7 James Corcoran and ased for 2 yean as a hoEital for Dr. Bice, Located on the north side of2nd Aae. N. betuteen Eae$n and Corcoran Sneets.
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Title | History of Lewistown's Medicine and Health Care. |
Description | A chapter from the book "History of Lewistown" about the early medical facilities, and the medical profession in Lewistown, Montana. |
Creator | Robert R. Dissly, editor and compiler. |
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Type | Text; Image |
Language | eng |
Date Original | 2000 |
Subject (keyword) | Nursing; Health Care; Hospitals; Pharmacies; Drug Stores; Dentists; Dr. Fred Attix; |
Subject (AAT) | Medicine; Doctors; Nursing; Hospitals; |
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Contributing Institution | Lewistown Public Library, Lewistown, Montana |
Geographic Coverage | Fergus County, Montana; Lewistown, Montana |
Digital collection | Central Montana Historical Documents |
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Local Identifier | LH 978.629 DISSLY |
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Contributing Institution | Lewistown Public Library, Lewistown, Montana |
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Full text of this item | Medicine and Health Care This chapter will attempt to cover the many aspects of health care, medical treatment and allied subjects as they developed over the history of Lewistown. One immediately thinks of doctors, nurses, dentists, drug stores, hospitals, ambulances and perhaps public health officials and others when the subject medicine and health care is mentioned. We will attempt to cover each. We chose the hospitals first because it is the largest of the group and perhaps more people came in contact with one of them than with all the others. Hospitals Start Small The first hospitals in Lewistown were small. They were usually established in a residential building, so they were able to accommodate only a few patients at a time. The old Parker House by the Great Northern Depot served as the first hospital in 1903 with the Penwell sisters as nurses. (Florence l. Penwell also advertised in Kendall offering her nursing services.) The Schroeder Hospital was founded in March 1904, at the corner of Fifth and Spring Street. Miss Louise E. Schroeder, matron of this hospital, was a graduate of the Passavant Memorial Hospital, Chicago, lllinois. The hospital was complete with baths and sewer system, because it was adjacent to Spring Creek. About four or five cases could be cared for at a time. Her hospital was advertised as: "A home for surgical, gynecological, and obstetrical cases." Miss Schroeder's assistant was Miss Maja Herestrom, also a graduate of the Passavant Memorial Hospital, Chicago, and the Stockholm School of Swedish Massage, Stockholm, Sweden. Miss Herestrom specialized in "massage treatment with Swedish movement." Other Small Hospitals From land and title records, Thelma Thomas of Lewistownt Genealogy Society gleaned the following information about the Brice Hospital: It was built by George W. Taylor between the years 1914 and 191 7 and completed in 1919. The Brice Hospital was an impressive two-story red brick structure with a day-lighted basement and rooms on the third floor (attic). It was located at 6i4 W. Pine St. situated in the middle of the block between Sixth and Seventh Avenues (South). lt was operated as the Brice Hospital until about 1922 try Dr. Brice. His residence was next door, and he heated his garage from the furnace in the hospital building. lt is said that he felt it imperative that he be able to start his car in all kinds of weather and that it was justifiable to use the heat from the business for the garage. This hospital took all types of patients, but maternity patients seemed to out number all others. lt was not discontinued as a hospital because of lack of patients but for other unnamed reasons. When the hospital was discontinued, the use of the building was changed to that of an apartment house, called the Brice Apartments. A short time later the apartments were called the Pine Crest Apartments (about the latter part of 1 q??\ Small Hospital Run At the Corcoran Home A very impressive brick home ar 120 W. Evelyn St. was built by James Corcoran as his family home. He built it as an exact copy of a home he had in New York. He is the same James Corcoran who Corcoran Street was named after because he built most of the houses on it. According to Certrude Fischer Work, step granddaughter of James Corcoran, the house was leased to Dr. Brice for a hospital for a couple of years starting in 1918. In 1919 the family moved back into the house. The house is still standing as of the printing of this book. DR. BRICE'8 HOSPITAL l2O W. Er.ltn tt Lowlatown, Montlrtr. lurglcrt, ll.tcrnltY end Non-Con' trgaout Olaa3ot. The hulldlo3 lr nodern and 8it' uatad Itr rttractlve troundl, .{ecom' modnllonr. rttendrnc" and nurslrrt I are tlrrt{lua |l ovort respcct. I nrtg| Ot r.|luoiL Abwe b an adfmn Lewistoutn Democrat- Ncus, &pt. 15, 1927 Photo courtesy of Montana Historical Society. Buib b7 James Corcoran and ased for 2 yean as a hoEital for Dr. Bice, Located on the north side of2nd Aae. N. betuteen Eae$n and Corcoran Sneets. |
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