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Health and Medicine

WEBWith further improvements in public health, nutrition, preventive vaccinations, and drug therapy, this trend continued. The number of infant (under one year) deaths …

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Texas Department of Health

WEBIn 1993 the Texas Department of Health was organized into six broad areas: Family Health Services, Disease Prevention, Environmental and Consumer Health, …

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Shannon Health System

WEBThe Shannon Women’s and Children’s Center, a new three-story building adjacent to the main hospital, opened in 1993 and offered gynecological, obstetric, and …

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Legacy Community Health [Montrose Clinic]

WEBThe Montrose Clinic, now called Legacy Community Health, was established in 1978 and opened in 1981 as a private nonprofit 501 (c) (3) community-based …

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St. Joseph Hospital

WEBSt. Joseph Hospital. St. Joseph Hospital. St. Joseph Hospital, the oldest hospital in Fort Worth, was founded on May 29, 1883, by J. M. Eddy of the Gould …

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Catholic Health Care

WEBThe Texas Conference of Catholic Health Facilities is a state-wide organization of Catholic hospitals, systems, and long-term-care facilities, and their …

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Hermann Hospital

WEBHermann Hospital. Hermann Hospital, Houston, a private, nonprofit, nonsectarian institution, opened in 1925 as a public charity hospital. It was established …

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Texas Medical Association

WEBUpdated: March 30, 2020. Texas Medical Association. In response to a published invitation sent by ten Austin doctors, thirty-five physicians from eighteen counties assembled in …

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Baylor University Medical Center

WEBFifty-five years later, that institution became Baylor University Medical Center. BUMC comprises five connecting patient hospitals and a cancer center; Baylor is the …

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Wichita Falls State Hospital

WEBThe Wichita Falls State Hospital for the mentally ill is seven miles southwest of the business district of Wichita Falls. The hospital was established as the Northwest …

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

WEBAlso in fiscal year 2000 the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center had total revenues of $374 million, of which almost $101 million came from state …

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Epidemic Diseases

WEBEpidemic diseases are frightening because of the number afflicted and because of the rapid spread of the disease. Some diseases, such as dengue fever and …

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Big Spring State Hospital

WEBBig Spring State Hospital, on State Highway 87 two miles northwest of Big Spring, is a psychiatric facility that the Texas legislature voted to establish in 1937. …

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Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation

WEBThe Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation was established in 1965 by the Texas legislature, replacing the former Board for Texas State …

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Rusk State Hospital

WEBWith a capacity of 2,426, the Rusk Hospital had an enrollment in 1946 of 2,308 patients. The average daily census of patients at Rusk State Hospital in 1964 was …

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