The nurse at left, sitting on the gurney, was also an attendant in the baby respirator demonstration. The “little white cottage” was the former nurses’ dormitory and was located behind the main hospit..
The nurse at left, sitting on the gurney, was also an attendant in the baby respirator demonstration. The “little white cottage” was the former nurses’ dormitory and was located behind the main hospital building, which is visible in the background. . See more at Memorial Hospital Photograph Collection, and its finding aid.
Founded on September 1, 1907 as the Baptist Sanitarium, Memorial Hospital began as a two-story, wood-framed building at the end of the trolley line on Lamar and Smith. It had 17 beds and eight trained..
Founded on September 1, 1907 as the Baptist Sanitarium, Memorial Hospital began as a two-story, wood-framed building at the end of the trolley line on Lamar and Smith. It had 17 beds and eight trained nurses on staff. It was the second general hospital established in Houston after St. Joseph Hospital which opened in 1887. It was also the second Baptist-supported hospital in the United States.