Central Pacific Railroad Hospital

 

HISTORY OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY CALIFORNIA WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE LEADING MEN AND WOMEN OF THE COUNTY WHO HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED WITH ITS GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT FROM THE EARLY DAYS TO THE PRESENT. Ed. G. Walter Reed. Los Angeles: Historic Record Company, 1923.
Description of the Central Pacific Hospital built by the railroad company in 1869 to care for the its employees. It was supported by a monthly contribution of 50 cents from each officer and employee.
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HOSPITALS AND CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. Ed. G. Walter Reed. Los Angeles: Historic Record Company, 1923.
Discussion of illnesses and diseases which afflicted the inhabitants of Sacramento County during the period of the Gold Rush; descriptions of the early hospitals; on pages 215-220.
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SACRAMENTO COUNTY AND ITS RESOURCES: A SOUVENIR OF THE BEE, 1894. Sacramento: H.S. Crocker Company, 1894.
Discussion of the County Hospital, Railroad Hospital, Ridge Home Sanitarium, and Garten Institute; includes photographs; on pages 107-110.
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Davis, Win J. AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CONTAINING A HISTORY OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD OF ITS OCCUPANCY TO THE PRESENT TIME, TOGETHER WITH GLIMPSES OF ITS PROSPECTIVE FUTURE; WITH PROFUSE ILLUSTRATIONS OF ITS BEAUTIFUL SCENERY, FULL-PAGE PORTRAITS OF SOME OF ITS MOST EMINENT MEN, AND BIOGRAPHICAL MENTION OF MANY OF ITS PIONEERS AND ALSO OF PROMINENT CITIZENS OF TO-DAY. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1890.
History of early hospitals in Sacramento beginning in 1850; hospitals include a succession of county hospitals and the Central Pacific Railroad Hospital, on pages 132-133.
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Jones, J. Roy. HOSPITALS. Sacramento: Sacramento Society for Medical Improvement, 1950.
Description of the establishment of the following hospitals and nursing schools within Sacramento County: Sutter's Fort Hospital, Peyton and Cobb Hospital, Crane Hospital, Thompsonian Hospital and Botanic Medicine Store, McLean Hospital, City Hospital at Sutter's Fort, Sacramento County Hospital, Central Pacific Railroad Hospital, Southern Pacific Railroad Hospital, Ridge Home, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Mater Misericordiae Training School for Nurses, Wentworth-Igo Hospital, Krull Hospital, Louise Igo Hospital, Home of the Merciful Saviour, Marguerite Home, White Hospital, Sutter Hospital, Mercy Hospital, Mercy College of Nursing.
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Jones, J. Roy. MEMORIES, MEN AND MEDICINE: A HISTORY OF MEDICINE IN SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA WITH BIOGRAPHIES OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE SACRAMENTO SOCIETY FOR MEDICAL IMPROVEMENT AND A FEW CONTEMPORARIES. Sacramento: Sacramento Society for Medical Improvement, 1950.
Detailed description of the establishment of the Central Pacific Railroad Hospital. Includes information with regard to its facilities, expenses, employees, and patients.
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 SACRAMENTO DIRECTORY, FOR THE YEAR COMMENCING JANUARY, 1871, EMBRACING A GENERAL DIRECTORY OF RESIDENTS, AND A BUSINESS DIRECTORY, ALSO OF STREETS, PUBLIC OFFICES, ETC., TOGETHER WITH THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT, SOCIETIES AND ORGANIZATIONS, AND A GENRAL VARIETY OF USEFUL AND STATISTICAL INFORMATION. Sacramento: H.S. Crocker & Co., 1871.
Discussion of the new County Hospital and Central Pacific Railroad Hospital; includes statistics and names of staff members for C.P.R.R. Hospital; on pages 156-157.
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 SACRAMENTO DIRECTORY, FOR THE YEAR COMMENCING JANUARY, 1872, EMBRACING A GENERAL DIRECTORY OF RESIDENTS, AND A BUSINESS DIRECTORY, ALSO OF STREETS, PUBLIC OFFICES, ETC. TOGETHER WITH THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT, SOCIETIES AND ORGANIZATIONS, AND A GENERAL VARIETY OF USEFUL AND STATISTICAL INFORMATION. Sacramento: H.S. Crocker & Co., 1872.
Discussion of the C.P.R.R. Hospital; includes statistics; on pages 71-72
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 Uhlhorn, John F. THE SACRAMENTO DIRECTORY, FOR THE YEAR COMMENCING JANUARY, 1873, EMBRACING A GENERAL DIRECTORY OF RESIDENTS, AND A BUSINESS DIRECTORY; ALSO STATISTICS OF STATE, COUNTY AND CITY, EMBRACING STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS; TOGETHER WITH SOCIETIES, ORGANIZATIONS, CORPORATIONS, BANKS AND BANKERS, AND A GENERAL VARIETY OF USEFUL AND STATISTICAL INFORMATION. Sacramento: H.S. Crocker & Co., 1873.
Description of the Sacramento County Hospital erected in 1870 and of the Railroad Hospital, on page 43-44
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Central Pacific General Hospital, Sacramento