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St. Paul Sanitarium on Bryan Street, with 1916 addition

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In 1916, St. Paul Sanitarium on Bryan Street expanded with a large new annex which cost $225,000.

St. Paul Sanitarium on Bryan Street, tents for military influenza patients, with soldiers and nurses outside

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In 1918, while the United States was fighting World War I in Europe, an influenza epidemic swept the world. In Dallas, 7,000 were sickened and over 20 died. Soldiers were particularly susceptible because they lived in close quarters. Soldiers who…

St. Paul Training School for Nurses, students in dietary lab

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Students in the St. Paul Sanitarium's Training School for Nurses were required to spend one month in the Dietary Lab as part of their training.

Veterans Administration Hospital campus

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In 1940, the Veterans Administration opened a hospital in Dallas' southern sector. A second hospital building was added to the campus in 1955. In this photo, the 1940 building (with the dark roof) is seen behind the 1955 building (with the flat…

St. Paul Hospital's Marillac Clinic, with crowd in front

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In 1929, St. Paul Hospital established the Marillac Free Clinic for the medically-underserved Spanish-speaking community in the "Little Mexico" neighborhood. This photo shows the Clinic in 1942. In front of the car are (from left to right) a…

St. Paul Hospital's Marillac Clinic, nurse and sister with children

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Children are examined by a Daughter of Charity nursing sister and weighed by a nurse in St. Paul Hospital's Marillac Free Clinic. The Clinic served the Spanish-speaking Mexican-American community.

Southwestern Medical College campus, overview from Parkland Hospital, circa 1946

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Southwestern Medical College opened in the fall of 1943, under the auspices of the Southwestern Medical Foundation.The College was housed in prefabricated plywood buildings (often called "the shacks") on Oak Lawn Avenue behind Parkland Hospital,…

Surgical operation at St. Paul Hospital on Bryan Street

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A 1936 surgical operation at St. Paul Hospital is observed by student nurses, with a nursing sister in the background. St. Paul Sanitarium changed its name to St. Paul Hospital in 1927.

Children's Hospital of Texas

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Children's Hospital of Texas opened this building in 1940. The hospital--along with Bradford Memorial and Freeman Clinic--would be incorporated into Children's Medical Center in 1948.

Evolution of nurses' uniforms from 1903 to 1923

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Nurses' uniforms became increasingly more practical and comfortable in the early 20th century. This humorous essay on the evolution of nurses' uniforms between 1903 and 1923 was published in the 1923 student yearbook (titled the "Thermometer") of the…