Advertisement for "The New Parkland Hospital, Dallas, Texas"

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Title

Advertisement for "The New Parkland Hospital, Dallas, Texas"

Subject

Patients' Rooms--history; Patients' Rooms--economics; Hospitals--history; Advertising as Topic

Description

This advertisement for Parkland Hospital was published in the Texas Health Journal in December, 1894. Parkland advertised in order to fill its private wards with paying patients, who were charged $7 to $12 per week for the room, nurse, meals, and medicine. Physician services were extra. These were the only private wards in any Texas hospital, with the possible exception of Sealy Hospital in Galveston.

Creator

Unknown

Date

Milestone date: 1894
Creation date: 1894

Rights

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Identifier

pmh_00001

Citation

Unknown, “Advertisement for "The New Parkland Hospital, Dallas, Texas",” Exhibits, accessed March 28, 2024, https://utswlibrary.omeka.net/items/show/10.