These days, we might take it for granted that we live in a city with state of the art healthcare. But there was a time when we didn't even have hospitals in America. This week, Sabrina Boyd-Surka visits the first chartered hospital in the nation: Pennsylvania Hospital, established in Philadelphia in 1751. We hear what health care looked like in the 18th and 19th centuries - from a surgical amphitheater where the public could observe surgeries before anesthesia existed, to mental health care when most people thought mental illness was supernatural.

Learn more about Pennsylvania Hospital or book a tour here.
Follow us on Twitter: @TheJawncast.

These days, we might take it for granted that we live in a city with state of the art healthcare. But there was a time when we didn't even have hospitals in America. This week, <a href="https://twitter.com/SabrinaKayaB">Sabrina Boyd-Surka</a> visits the first chartered hospital in the nation: Pennsylvania Hospital, established in Philadelphia in 1751. We hear what health care looked like in the 18th and 19th centuries - from a surgical amphitheater where the public could observe surgeries before anesthesia existed, to mental health care when most people thought mental illness was supernatural.
<a href="https://www.uphs.upenn.edu/paharc/tour/">Learn more about Pennsylvania Hospital or book a tour here</a>. Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/TheJawncast">@TheJawncast</a>.

Unique and unexpected stories out of Philadelphia. Made here, for everyone. Hosted and produced by Brian Seltzer and Sabrina Boyd-Surka.

Unique and unexpected stories out of Philadelphia. Made here, for everyone. Hosted and produced by Brian Seltzer and Sabrina Boyd-Surka.

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