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Treating the Mind in Times Past
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Noah Porter and the Spotted Fever Epidemic of 1808 – 1809
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Restoring East Granby’s Smallpox Cemetery
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The Birth of Hospice in the U.S.
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The Danger of Illuminating Gas
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Destination: Stafford Springs
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Borden Revolutionizes the Milk Business
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Destination: The Institute of Living
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Archives Spotlight: A Presidential Footnote in Hartford Hospital History
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Connecticut Children’s Medical Center: Once the Home for “Incurables”
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The Beechers Take the Water Cure
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Fortune’s Story
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A Knack for Bonesetting
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Understanding Homelessness in 1890s Hartford
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Horace Wells & The Discovery of Anesthesia
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Horace Wells, Inventor of the Improved Shower Bath
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Columbia Bicycles: The Vehicle of Healthful Happiness
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Connecticut Women Fight for Reproductive Rights
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Doctoring on the Field of Battle
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Spanish Flu Epidemic: Ninety Days That Sickened Connecticut
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A Well-Stocked Saddle Bag for the Doctor on Horseback
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Fighting Smallpox at Hospital Rock
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Witch Hazel–Connecticut’s Wonder Shrub
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Seaside: Sun & Sea Harnessed to Fight Tuberculosis
Sun and Sea Harnessed to Fight Tuberculosis The history of Seaside By Ann Harrison with…
Birth Control and Zones of Privacy
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STORIES FROM THE HOG RIVER
An Apple a Day There’s something deliciously macabre about the history of healthcare. Shivers ran…
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