Founded: 1912
Closed: 1972
Location: 5-story building on the grounds of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Additional Information
- Dates: 1906
Notes: Harriet Lane Home. Founding Documents. - Dates: 1972
Notes: An era in medicine died quietly in Baltimore yesterday.
There were few mourners as the Harriet Lane Home for Invalid Children, founded in 1912 as the first full-time children’s clinic in America, closed the doors behind its last patient….
See: “Last patient treated at Harriet Lane; pediatric clinic leaves old building” Sun June 26, 1972 - Dates: n. d.
Notes: Biographical Material on Harriet Lane Johnston. - Dates: n. d.
Notes: Special Funds Records - Dates: n. d.
Notes: Patient Logs - Dates: n. d.
Notes: Helen Taussig’s Historical Notes - Dates: n. d.
Notes: Edwards Park’s Historical Notes
Bibliography
- Emerson, Charles Phillips, A preliminary report concerning the construction of hospitals for children Baltimore: Friedenwald, 1906
- Rosenberger, Homer T., “Harriet Lane Johnston: Pioneer Advocate of Special Care for Children with Chronic Diseases” Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society (76): 1-29
- Wright, F. Howell, “Pediatrics Fifty Years Ago” Medicine on the Midway: Bulleting of the Medical Alumni Association: 21-24