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Patton Memorial Hospital, Hyman Heights, Hendersonville, NC

Patton Memorial Hospital, Hyman Heights

Patton Memorial Hospital, Hyman Heights
1225 Highland Avenue

At one time, most small towns did not have hospitals. A hospital was only for travelers or poor people. Anyone who could afford it was treated in their home. Even surgery was …

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Dr. D. L. Smith’s Baby Hospital, Saluda, NC

Dr. D. L. Smith’s Baby Hospital, Saluda, NC – Greetings from the Past

In the early 1900s the death rate for babies was high. It was especially high in the South.

This was before antibiotics were available. There were few rural doctors and few pediatricians at all. Heat and humidity, flies, contaminated milk …