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now Lincoln Park. It was enlarged in 1865, destroyed in
the 1871 fire, rebuilt, then destroyed by fire again.
Other Chicago institutions established later included:
the Chicago Eye and Ear Infirmary, founded by Dr.
Edward L. Holmes and others in 1858, which had received
its first applicant before a single room had been cleared and
furnished, and accommodated one hundred fifteen patients
during its first year; St. Luke's, 1864; Hospital for Women
and Children, founded by Dr. Mary Harris in 1865;
Alexian Brothers, 1866; Deaconess, 1868; and St. Joseph's,
1868, known at first as Providence, and established by the
Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul. It later affiliated
with Rush Medical College.
Wisconsin's first hospital of which we have record was
St. John's Infirmary, which was opened in Milwaukee,
1848, by the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul. The
Milwaukee Hospital was founded in 1863 chiefly through
the efforts of the Rev. William Paussauant with the aid of
other Lutheran pastors and laymen, and the Deaconness
Institution.
The first hospital in Missouri was established in St. Louis
in 1828 by the Sisters of Charity. Until 1832 they carried
on in a log house with two rooms and a kitchen, but a new
building was erected just in time to care for some of the
cholera victims of that year. In 1843 the hospital was
incorporated as the St. Louis Hospital Association. A big
"St. Louis Hospital Lottery" was widely advertised in the
spring of 1833. Over three thousand tickets were offered
and $10,000 in prizes announced. Chances were supposed
to be much better than in the Mammoth New York Lottery.
The Illinois Advocate and State Register later said,
"The first day's drawing of this humbug took place . . .
tickets to the amount of $12,000 drew in prizes less
than
$1,500."
The first city hospital in St. Louis was opened for patients
in 1846 and was totally destroyed by fire ten years
later. The new hospital, which was ready for occupancy