PA-120 Christian Street Hospital

Marker text: Christian Street Hospital
First Civil War U.S. Army Hospital, founded May, 1861. Here Drs. Mitchell, Keen, Morehouse, and others used electric current, drugs, and other experiments in pioneering treatment of nerve and related disorders. Closed 1865.
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission 2005

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Location: 924 Christian St., Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

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