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The book started off slowly but gained momentum and ended well. The author wrote extensively about medical advancements in the beginning and then tied it in to the history of the hospital and I found it somewhat monotonous. I learned a lot of new words and a history of a hospital I hadn't been very aware of.

I've decided to start highlighting words that I have to look up this year. I like learning new things!

The organisations relentless instance on high quality, innovative health care - that is people centred, radical at times & always full of compassion and dignity - as a basic right of every person is front and centre here. Oshinsky champions it's outstanding medical research, operational effectiveness & its ability to welcome & treat everyone who passes through its doors. You can't help feel the fragility of it all though despite it's 300yr history

My bookmark and my current read are totally in sync today! 🤩

#thoughtfulthursday

Thanks for the tag @MoonWitch94
1- I‘d save Jon Snow ( swoon!!)
2- tricky - I like endings that are tidy but not obvious! I hate endings that scream “sequel” ....

What are you reading this week @Chrissyreadit and @Cupcake12 ?

If you are interested in the story of this historic hospital, I highly recommend this book. The author takes us from the founding of this hospital, created to care for anyone whether or not they can afford to pay. That foundation remains to the present time. The details of the doctors, the colleges, the work and advances in medicine from the 1700's to the present all combine to make a fascinating read.

I listened on audio in between some other books- but honestly, this was a five star book for me. I highly recommend it for lovers of non fiction, medicine and New York City. I appreciated the depth and presentation of information, on an iconic place that represents so much more in so many ways.

Has anyone else read this? It‘s a book I wish I could discuss. So many thoughts.

A fascinating, phenomenal read about the craziness (quite literally) of 3 centuries of medicine at one of the most famous hospitals in America. Highly, highly recommend!

This one is so very interesting!!

Our Subaru is bright orange - we‘ve always joked that you‘d never lose it in a snowstorm. I guess we were wrong?

Hoping to finish up the tagged audiobook today. Just got to the chapter on AIDS, which is especially vivid after having read the oral history of Angels in America a few weeks ago.

Stay warm out there!

Messed up my back in my sleep (?!) Saturday night, so I‘m confined to a stack of pillows with a heating pad in bed or on the couch for a few days. At least I‘m getting through some audio books? Finished up Charms and Chocolate Chips, now a hard turn back into medical history. Someone is waiting for this one! (Thanks, Libby, for that new stressful feature...)

I'm not getting nearly enough reading done this weekend so far, but at least #25in5 helped me to set aside time to finish the tagged book! And of course more time to read later in the weekend 😀
@Andrew65

I'm not a big reader of non-fiction, but this book drew me in. Bellevue is such a legendary institution in New York and in the hospital world that it was fascinating to learn about its history. There is a lot of emphasis on the 19th century history, which in all fairness was formative for the institution and its mission.

Interesting history of medicine, NY and the US as told through the lens of Bellevue Hospital. From the contributions of their doctors to Civil War battlefield medicines, to how the hospital and its staff handled the outbreak of AIDS, 9/11, and Hurricane Sandy.

☆☆☆☆/☆ Tradionally I stay away from historical non-fiction but I was enamored from the start. Don't miss this one.

Built in 1738, New York's iconic Bellevue Hospital is colorful and horrifying place: crime victims, vicious psychopaths, derelicts, lunatics, and exotic- disease sufferers have history there. There was hardly an epidemic or social catastrophe or groundbreaking scientific advance that did not touch Bellevue, America's oldest hospital.

Very, very detailed! Sooo much detail that I tended to zone out 😴...so I had to listen in small doses. That‘s not to say that I don‘t appreciate all the research and effort that went into this book. 2/5⭐️s

Starting this chunkster.

Bellevue hospital has such an incredible history. This author does a great job detailing the centuries of history with all of the amazing medical discoveries done at Bellevue. I admire and congratulate all of the dedicated people who work here, present and past. #Nonfiction2018 #LitsyAtoZ #O #MountTBR

I‘m a native New Yorker... and my mom was born in Bellevue Hospital... so I‘m really looking forward to this!!

This book was incredible. Such a page turner, and so well written! I loved learning about the history of this fascinating hospital, medicine and Ny! Read it. So good.

Subtle, right? 😉

I read this one the beginning of the year and absolutely loved it! Wonderful history of the oldest public hospital in the US, and one that has had its share of misinformation about its purpose. Somewhat fitting for #misterasylum . #TuneIntoNovember

Excellent history of the evolution of Bellevue Hospital and medicine.
#24in48 #nonfictionchallenge17

1. Los Angeles
2. Nope
3. Probably from @Liberty
4. San Kean's Cesar's Last Breath
5. I need coffee ☕️
6. Right here on Litsy!
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One psychiatric patient was "a woman who insisted she was the widow of President James Buchanan and the mother of his children, all of whom were cats."

Hmm, sounds like a plan ?

I believe I gave all of these 5's this year...and if not, they are indeed standouts! #bestreadsof2017sofar #jubilantjuly

After our fascinating event with author (and Pulitzer Prize winner!!) David Oshinsky earlier this week, a handful of us have the same #FridayReads: BELLEVUE!

Looking forward to this one.

(On preparing for patients on 9/11)

Some light Monday evening reading.

Today's book haul photo no. 3 - two non-fiction titles and the new Joyce Carol Oates novel. #nosuchthingastoomanybooks #bookhaul

Yellow fever, the Civil War, AIDS, Super Storm Sandy, and even the Affordable Care Act. This book covers about 300 years of medicine and the hospital. Completely recommend.

Oh how relevant

I love a good medical history story and this one, about such a famous hospital, should be fascinating.

Took me a bit to get through this but I think it was worth it - - fascinating history.

First completed book of 2017, and I chose wisely. Amazing history of Bellevue and of medicine in general. I had no idea Bellevue and its physicians/diagnosticians played significant roles in various disease outbreaks since the late 1700s.

Second audiobook of the year. This one will take me awhile, but it should be fascinating.

Starting off 2017 with this...

Women still dealing with the same ol' 💩 these days.

It just wouldn't be Christmas without a little pile of books 🌲📚🎁 #books #bookhaul #christmas #bookstagram @fsgbooks @penguinclassics @doubledaybooks

The history nerd in me was itching for this

It's pouring out ☔️ and we're all sick at my house so this seems appropriate. Also, I love medical nonfiction. Not sure why. Probably because my mom is a nurse and I've grown up with gross dinner conversation. 😛

Guys, I just started listening to this history of one of the oldest hospitals in the United States. I was drawn in almost immediately. I see this as a marathon listen. Fred Sanders is an amazing narrator. The photo has nothing to do with anything except to say it's a good day to be inside reading.

This is an excellent history of an institution that influenced the practice of medicine in the U.S. It is a dense read that covers the growth of New York, the impact of infrastructure (namely lack thereof) on hygiene and health, philosophies of care and the people, both caregivers and patients, who entered the hospital. There is a lot of info and it's not as "readable" as a lot of pop NF these days (Erik Larson) but still very, very good. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Never been a big non fiction reader and I'm working on changing that and so excited to read this one.

This is really fascinating. I had no idea how integral this hospital and its founders were to the early practice of medicine in the U. S. A really great book though I do not like the reader and may have to switch to print soon. #BooksfromSteinbeck

Some of today's ebook deal purchases (and some that weren't deals or weren't purchased today). Up next: Throwing Stones, and then Saving Alex.

A perfect way to spend a rainy Saturday with a cold😷😷