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Pennsylvania Hospital was the first hospital in the U.S. It was chartered by the Colonial Assembly in 1751 for the relief of the sick poor. Benjamin Franklin and Dr. Thomas Bond were its chief founders. Its first building, erected in 1755, is still used.
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