A Once Charitable Enterprise: Hospitals and Health Care in Brooklyn and New York, 1885-1915

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This work, examines the transformation of American hospitals from a series of community- based charitable institutions into the large, bureaucratic system that existed by the end of the Progressive era. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-p

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"Opening with an engaging description of the informal working of late 19th-century medical practice, Rosner captures health care at a moment of crucial transitions."--Technology and Culture