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Boston City Hospital

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About Boston City Hospital

The Boston City Hospital (1864โ€“1996), in Boston, Massachusetts, was a public hospital located in the South End. It was "intended for the use and comfort of poor patients, to whom medical care will be provided at the expense of the city, and ... to provide accommodations and medical treatment to others, who do not wish to be regarded as dependent on public charity."

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In 1939, a young doctor at Boston City Hospital went on a scurvy-producing diet to see what would happen. In May 1940, his fellow doctors staged an intervention after his skin started to bleed from his follicles and an old post-operative scar reopened.

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Coordinates: 42.3351, -71.0731

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