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Chicago, IL: Augustana Hospital's east wing, 1926.
During the tumultuous growth of Chicago prior to World War I, Augustana Hospital purchased the tract of land located at Dickens and Sedgwick, seeking to build a new and much larger hospital. Construction was delayed by the First World War, a time when many physicians and nurses left to serve in the war effort, and those remaining struggled to take care of Chicago citizens who continued to be plagued by epidemics. In the mid 1920s, the new hospital was finally completed, and was dedicated by Gustav Adolf, the Crown Prince of Sweden. It was a model of its day, with seven floors of patient rooms and modem operating and treatment facilities. The hospital thrived as a patient care and teaching institution, led by famed physicians such as Drs. Albert Ochsner, Nelson Percy, and Rudolph Oden, who supervised interns and residents and also taught at the Rush University and University of Illinois Medical Schools and County Hospital.
Date
1926
Type
Photograph
Source
The Legacy of Augustana Hospital (1882-1989) and the Henze Endowment Fund, 2010
Rights
Please credit Advocate Aurora Health as the source of this material.
Keywords
Augustana Hospital, organizational history, Chicago