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Pennsylvania Hospital
Pennsylvania Hospital 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 self-guided tours weekdays and guided tours on Monday, Thursday, and Friday (call ahead for times and reservations). The suggested donation is $4 per person.
- Address: 800 Spruce St., on 8th and Spruce Sts.Society Hill, Philadelphia, PA 19107 | Map It
- Phone: 215/829-3370
- Cost: $4 suggested donation
- Hours: Weekdays 9--4
- Website: www.pennhealth.com/pahosp/
- Location: Society Hill
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