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Merger of Baptist and St. Mary’s Hospitals in 2008

KGH School of Nursing Posted on February 25, 2016 by BillieFebruary 25, 2016

Baptist Hospital of East Tennessee –Location: 137 Blount Ave. –Acres: 23 –Buildings: 9 (1948 Baptist “A” Wing opens; 1956 Blount Professional Building opens providing doctors’ offices; 1967 “B” Wing, Community Education Building open; 1971 Baptist Professional Building opens; 1980 “C” … Continue reading →

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Tennessee Medical College Destroyed by Fire in 1897

KGH School of Nursing Posted on April 13, 2015 by BillieJanuary 25, 2016

Conflagrations of Yesterday.  The Tennessee Medical College at Knoxville Burned Down.  Great Loss Resulted Knoxville, Tenn., Dec. 3. — (Special) — The handsome building of the Tennessee Medical college burned this afternoon in spite of the efforts of two fire … Continue reading →

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U-T Med School Asked for Military Training Unit in 1940

KGH School of Nursing Posted on January 24, 2016 by BillieJanuary 25, 2016

Wants To Be Active in National Defense, Says Dean The U-T Medical Division at Memphis is ready to take an active part in national defense, and to that end, application for a Reserve Officers Training unit at Memphis has been … Continue reading →

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Eighth Annual UT-Nashville Medical Graduation (1883)

KGH School of Nursing Posted on January 25, 2016 by BillieJanuary 25, 2016

University of Tennessee — Medical College Commencement The invitations are out for the Eighth Annual Commencement of the Medical and Dental Departments of the University of Tennessee — Nashville Medical College.  The exercises take place at 7 o’clock p.m., of … Continue reading →

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Grave-Robbing Allegations in Nashville in 1895

KGH School of Nursing Posted on January 25, 2016 by BillieJanuary 25, 2016

They Robbed Her Grave.  So the Friends of Mary Lee Charged last Night.  Medical People Are Suspected. Suspicion Is Aroused Concerning the Burial, and Investigation Shows the Body To Have Been Stolen — Excitement over the Event at a Medical … Continue reading →

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Allegations of Body-snatching Against TMC in 1890

KGH School of Nursing Posted on April 16, 2015 by BillieJanuary 25, 2016

Robbed a Grave.  Ghouls Steal the Body of Rufus Ferguson and Dispose of It to the Medical College.  It Is Afterwards Found and Identified — a Sensation Created — Professors Under Arrest Hardly cold before the body was made ready … Continue reading →

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TMC Alumni Banquet Held in Nashville (1901)

KGH School of Nursing Posted on January 25, 2016 by BillieJanuary 25, 2016

Alumni Banquet at the Tulane Annual Reunion of Students of University of Tennessee.  Choice Menu The Alumni Association of the Tennessee Medical College met yesterday morning, many members from a distance attending.  Dr. Perry Bromberg, class of ’94, was elected … Continue reading →

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KGH’s ‘Negro Unit’ Praised in 1934

KGH School of Nursing Posted on January 25, 2016 by BillieJanuary 25, 2016

[The article contains a photograph of the building, but the digitized microfilm version is not clear enough to include here.] The above is a picture of the Negro Unit of the Knoxville General Hospital.  This unit was built in 1933 … Continue reading →

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Black Doctors, Dentists Receive Equal Privileges at KGH (1942)

KGH School of Nursing Posted on January 24, 2016 by BillieJanuary 24, 2016

Tenn. Hospital Personnel Is Rated Equally No Longer a Difference Between Colored, White Physicians, Dentists by Dr. O. B. Taylor Knoxville, Tenn. — (ANP) — Through the efforts of the East Tennessee Hospital association, Negro physicians and dentists have been … Continue reading →

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City Investigates Unsanitary Claims at KGH (1919)

KGH School of Nursing Posted on January 24, 2016 by BillieJanuary 24, 2016

Grave Charges Made Against Hospital Nurses Conditions at Knoxville Institution Investigated by City Board Knoxville, Tenn., April 24. — Charges that conditions at the Knoxville General Hospital are unsanitary, that regulations of the institution are not adequate to determine the … Continue reading →

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