Memorial Hospital Fever Box

Creator

Memorial Hospital System

Author Biographical Info

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.

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Identifier

IC103-P-548

Publication Date(s)

1935

Language

English

Description

This apparatus is a “fever cabinet”, used to raise a patient’s body temperature for therapeutic purposes. Induced fevers were used to treat several conditions, including some infections and forms of arthritis. A related picture shows this machine being used on a child, so it, along with the Hubbard tank, may have been part of an effort to treat a childhood joint ailment by increasing circulation. See more at Memorial Hospital Photograph Collection and its finding aid.

Copyright

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Recommended Citation

Memorial Hospital System, "Memorial Hospital Fever Box" (1935). Library Exhibit Images. 148.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/exhibit_construction/148