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11/12/17, 11:30am - 1pm
Location
Van Alen Institute

Join Van Alen Book Club for a boozy Sunday brunch edition of our monthly discussions of books on the urban experience. As part of our fall festival, U Feel OK?: Health & NYC, we’re reading the turbulent chronicles of the oldest public hospital in the United States as told by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Oshinsky. Bellevue: Three Centuries of Medicine and Mayhem at America’s Most Storied Hospital explores the complex history of the hospital from its founding in 1736 as a six-bed almshouse and pesthouse, maligned over time as a site of degradation and death, to its evolution into a revered institution offering outstanding services for all. Oshinsky tasks us to reflect on how cities respond to diseases and proffer humane medical services, and offers valuable lessons for reconsidering present-day metropolitan health systems through his depiction of the hospital’s enduring commitment to treat the underserved. Presented with the Library at the New York Academy of Medicine.

Sponsored by: New York State Council on the Arts and New York City Department of Cultural Affairs

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11/12/17, 11:30am - 1pm
Location
Van Alen Institute
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