2. Form letter to area physicians describing hospital facilities, circa 1917

File — Box: 1, Folder: 8

Scope and Contents

From the Collection: This collection of materials concerning the Anderson Hospital spans 1917 to 1943. Included are photographs of the hospital's facilities, form letters with information about the opening of the hospital (ca. 1917), a clipping describing a fire at the hospital (1924), and an illustrated brochure (ca. 1943).

Series 1 includes photographs of the Anderson Hospital taken sometime between 1917 and 1921, when it was still called the Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Hospital and School of Mechanotherapy. Most of the photographs illustrate the unique facilities in the Department of Mechano therapy, including three photographs of the Zander mechanical gymnasium, a photograph of the hydriatic room, and a photograph of a man receiving an electrical treatment from the hospital's electrostatic generator. Also present in series 1 is a photograph of Joseph W. Anderson.

Series 2 contains printed material; included are form letters describing the hospital's facilities which were distributed to alumni and area physicians when the hospital first opened in 1917, and an article describing a fire at the hospital in 1924. The most recent item in the collection (ca. 1943) is an illustrated brochure which describes the hospital's facilities and history.