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Pennsylvania Hospital Review
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Pennsylvania Hospital
Hospitals, Society Hill
Fodor's Review:
Inside the fine 18th-century original buildings of the oldest hospital in the United States are the nation's first medical library and first surgical amphitheater (an 1804 innovation, with a skylight). The hospital also has a portrait gallery, early medical instruments, art objects, and a rare-book library with items dating from 1762. The artwork includes the Benjamin West painting Christ Healing the Sick in the Temple. Today Pennsylvania Hospital is a full-service modern medical center four blocks southwest of the Athenaeum. There are guided tours Thursday and Friday at 10 and 1. The suggested donation is $4 per person.
INFO
- Address: 8th and Spruce Sts., Society Hill, Philadelphia, PA
- Phone: 215/829-3000
- Web site
- Cost: Free
- Open: Weekdays 9-4:30
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