History of the Philadelphia almshouses and hospitals : from the beginning of the eighteenth to the ending of the nineteenth centuries, covering a period of nearly two hundred years, showing the mode of distributing public relief through the management of the boards of overseers of the poor, guardians of the poor and the directors of the Department of Charities and Correction. With an appendix containing a list of former visiting and resident physicians. Illustrated from photographs / Compiled...by Charles Lawrence.

  • Lawrence, Charles, 1837-
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History of the Philadelphia almshouses and hospitals : from the beginning of the eighteenth to the ending of the nineteenth centuries, covering a period of nearly two hundred years, showing the mode of distributing public relief through the management of the boards of overseers of the poor, guardians of the poor and the directors of the Department of Charities and Correction. With an appendix containing a list of former visiting and resident physicians. Illustrated from photographs / Compiled...by Charles Lawrence. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[Philadelphia?] : Charles Lawrence, 1905.

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398 pages, 20 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

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