The hospitals of this city are very interesting in their every detail. There are about thirty-five hospitals and sanitariums in Knoxville. The Knoxville General is constructed of beautiful red brick, with all the walls covered with green trailing vines. The … Continue reading
Hospital Was Luxury in ’80’s – First Had few Beds by Henry Evans Only a year or so before the first copies of the Knoxville News Sentinel were inked and sold, Knoxvillians had discovered a new luxury – the hospital. … Continue reading
From a postcard, circa 1930 It doesn’t have quite the panache of a former U.S. post office, Victorian mansion or retired schoolhouse, but Sam Furrow is in the process of saving another Knoxville landmark from the wrecking ball. Furrow is … Continue reading
This advertising post card was sent to Benjamin E. Cline, M. D., of Strawberry Plains in East Tennessee, in 1908, to promote The Hayden and Brown Sanitarium. The card was of interest because they describe a modern facility that employed … Continue reading
Robert J. Booker, Opinion Columnist, Knoxville News SentinelPublished March 13, 2019 A few weeks ago I invited Johnny Ford, former mayor of Tuskegee, Alabama, and Judith Tolbert of Fairbanks, Alaska, both members of the Knoxville College Board of Trustees, to … Continue reading
These photos, probably from the Knoxville Journal, were published in August, 1956. They show James Daughtery on his arrival at the then-closed KGH Emergency Room and afterward at the new UT Hospital Emergency Room.Dr. James Lett provided this clipping. … Continue reading
Found by the Track. An Unfortunate Man Picked up at Powell’s and Taken to the City Hospital Last night, when the K. & O. train pulled in, it had on board a man who had to be carried into the … Continue reading
The Deed Committed Monday Night and the Journal the First to Expose It — Loose Management Last Friday afternoon there walked into the police court at the city hall two men, apparently of Italian extraction. One was broken down in … Continue reading
The Meeting Is Over. Annual Convention of State Doctors Adjourns. Some Papers Read Yesterday Morning. A Visit to the Medical College and Lyon’s View Made The state doctors who have been in session here for the past three days have … Continue reading
A Fine Place Several northern parties have recently visited the East Tennessee sanitarium just below the city, and were very greatly astonished to find such an elegant institution. It is simply magnificently furnished and the interior is a perfect palace. … Continue reading
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