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Los Angeles City Receiving Hospital clinical record books
Collection
Identifier: 7065
Abstract
The Los Angeles City Receiving Hospital first opened in 1868 to provide emergency care for victims of pestilence, primarily smallpox. Located in Chavez Ravine, the institution quickly expanded its scope, admitting patients afflicted with other contagious diseases. After occupying four different locations, the hospital, now known as the Central Receiving Hospital and located at 6th Street and Loma Drive, closed its doors in 1970 and the building was demolished in 2005 to make way for the...
Dates:
1903-11-17 - 1908-01-03
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections