MUSEUM BLOG
Dispelling Childhood Fears about Medicine and the Hospital
Children from the rough ages of 3 to 7 are usually apprehensive about going to a doctor or the hospital- they have no understanding of the various tools and tests and may form fearful misconceptions. Blood pressure machines may be stealing their blood, needles are painful, etc.
History of Health Care: Transformation of the Hospital
The Main Building of the Kingston Hospital was built between 1833 and 1835, however due to lack of operating funds did not open until 1845, with incorporation in 1849 when a lay board was appointed.
History of Health Care: Quarantine and Isolation
Before the nineteenth century, quarantine and isolation had been practiced in an effort to protect the community from contagious diseases such as plague and smallpox in the absence of specific treatment. Such diseases were considered contagious even though the cause and method of transmission were not known.
A Brief History of Isolation and Infectious Disease
Contagious disease has challenged society throughout human history. Quarantine and isolation was practiced in response to the pandemics of bubonic plague and cholera, beginning in the Middle Ages.In the 18th and 19th centuries, smallpox led to smallpox hospitals in some large urban communities.