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Defining Moments

Defining Moments

One of the “common wards” in the early 1900s, The Johns Hopkins Hospital Women’s Ward G contained twelve beds on each side. Though ventilators under each bed provided fresh air and a multitude of windows allowed for plentiful sunlight, the ward afforded no running water and very little privacy.

The Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives of The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
The Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives of The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions