University of Michigan Heritage

150 Years at the Hospital

From 20 beds in a converted house to a nationally recognized system of care.

Nursing students pose in front of the Catherine Street hospitals in about 1910.

From 20 beds in a converted house to a nationally recognized system of care.

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