the first children's hospital was built in 1750.
the first children's hospital was built in 1750.
when was the first children's hospital built?
1750
prior to the 19th century hospital reforms, the well-being of the child was thought to be in the hands of the mother; therefore, there was little discussion of children's medicine, and as a result next to no widespread formal institutions which focused on healing children. there were however centres which focused on helping abandoned children and offering care in hopes that these children might survive into adulthood. some examples include orphanages, dispensaries, and foundling hospitals. florence's hospital of the innocent (ospedale degli innocenti) was originally a charity based orphanage which opened in 1445; its aim was to nurse sick and abandoned infants back to health. a later example and better established institution whose goal it was to help rehabilitate infants was the foundling hospital founded by thomas coram in 1741. foundling hospitals were set up to receive abandoned infants, nurse them back to health, teach them a trade or skill, and integrate them back into society. coram's foundling hospital was revolutionary because it was one of the united kingdoms first children charities. moreover, it was largely made successful by the powerful people who donated money to the hospital. coram's hospital would eventually be faced with the fact that the number of infants needing care outweighed their hospitals capacity. in order to accommodate the number of children in need, there were attempts to set up similar hospitals throughout the uk; they ultimately were unsuccessful due to the lack of funding. simultaneously, dispensaries which were also funded by donations were being opened in order to provide medicine and medical attention to those who could not afford private care. dispensaries and foundling hospitals were the earliest forms of what would later become children's hospitals. the establishing of the foundling hospital by thomas coram was a direct response to the high infant mortality rate in london, england. although foundling hospitals acknowledged the high infant mortality rate, infant mortality would not be addressed in a wide spread way until the early 19th century when children's hospitals would begin to open in vienna, moscow, prague, berlin, and various other major cities throughout europe.
children's hospital
section::::history.:timeline.









































bullet::::- 1870 to 1875 - city of san antonio donates for an army post









































bullet::::- 1879 - temporary wooden (board and batten, not log) 12-bed hospital built









































bullet::::- 1886 - permanent, brick 12-bed hospital built to replace the temporary one









































bullet::::- 1908 - station hospital built to accommodate 84 beds









































bullet::::- 1910 - two wings added to station hospital, increasing its capacity by 68 beds









































bullet::::- 1912 - an isolation ward and a maternity ward added to station hospital









































bullet::::- 1936 - construction begins on new station hospital building, on the site of the old camp travis base hospital
brooke army medical center