tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-636068312591857663.post1962268341954972785..comments2024-03-27T12:10:03.910-04:00Comments on Remember Jamaica Plain?: Forest Hills HospitalMark B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03524735496130204611noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-636068312591857663.post-36405744593369696042024-03-26T19:41:39.940-04:002024-03-26T19:41:39.940-04:00I discovered that Dr shadman is my biological fath...I discovered that Dr shadman is my biological father. I am so pleased. Phil robinsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-636068312591857663.post-89986161550829392362023-08-14T19:13:38.691-04:002023-08-14T19:13:38.691-04:00My mother was born at Forest Hills Hospital in Jul...My mother was born at Forest Hills Hospital in July of 1932. She is still with us today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-636068312591857663.post-81896798531782361202023-03-23T21:21:10.890-04:002023-03-23T21:21:10.890-04:00Famed Boston Boy Nat Hentoff was born at Emerson H...Famed Boston Boy Nat Hentoff was born at Emerson Hospital in Boston June 10, 1925. It's on his state birth certificate. I have the JPG of it but don't know how to post it here. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-636068312591857663.post-21960836541011885252020-12-06T19:39:11.194-05:002020-12-06T19:39:11.194-05:00My wife's birth certificate states that she wa...My wife's birth certificate states that she was born at Forest Hills Hospital on June 28, 1946. So it was still open then I guess.motengator33https://www.blogger.com/profile/12121904692751232690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-636068312591857663.post-24305411882570787722019-11-08T15:29:47.634-05:002019-11-08T15:29:47.634-05:00I just found a nurse training diploma my grandmoth...I just found a nurse training diploma my grandmother received from the Forest Hills Hospital on Oct. 8, 1920. Among the official signatures was Alonzo Shadman, MD. Pres.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08226304724677571252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-636068312591857663.post-55320031729262837742017-10-23T19:45:52.927-04:002017-10-23T19:45:52.927-04:00Found one more - from the Bowdoin alumni magazine:...Found one more - from the Bowdoin alumni magazine: https://archive.org/stream/bowdoinalumnimag51930bowd/bowdoinalumnimag51930bowd_djvu.txt<br />"1880 <br /><br />Nathaniel Waldo Emerson, M.D., one of the <br />best known homeopathic physicians in New Eng- <br />land, and his wife, Carlotta Bond Emerson, died <br />on December 19th and 20th, within twenty-four <br />hours of each other. Both had recently under- <br />gone operations. Dr. Emerson was born on <br />March 6th, 1854 in Boston, and upon receiving <br />his M.D. from Boston University in 1881 he be- <br />gan practicing there. He was a member of the <br />faculty at the medical school from which he <br />graduated for several years and studied in Ger- <br />many, Vienna and London. The late Mayor Hib- <br />bard of Boston was attracted to Dr. Emerson by <br />an operation he performed in March 1906 at <br />the Trull Hospital in Biddeford, Me. He had <br />just begun to operate when fire broke out in the <br />hospital. The life of his patient was hanging <br />in the balance. He stood over the patient and <br />completed the operation while the fire raged <br />above his head and while he stood almost knee- <br />deep in water that had seeped into the room. <br /><br />Dr. Emerson established his own hospital, <br />which is at 118 Forest Hills Avenue, Boston, <br />and it was here that he and his wife died. "Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07631583312725440241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-636068312591857663.post-59779011910941104132017-10-23T19:40:57.857-04:002017-10-23T19:40:57.857-04:00The hospital was founded by Nathaniel Waldo Emerso...The hospital was founded by Nathaniel Waldo Emerson (whose wife later had the cabin where I now live built, thus I have been digging in to their history). They were apparently divorced at some point and he had an affair with an actress - I am not putting my finger on her name at the moment. Some sources: http://prabook.com/web/person-view.html?profileId=1110876<br />https://books.google.com/books?id=5jk1AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA375&lpg=PA375&dq=carlotta+bond+emerson+maine&source=bl&ots=LGg6NrwAuH&sig=12eRswcuDAnnGSmqQdsVndcubbc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiglujJ9YfXAhWI7yYKHfj3AkMQ6AEIOzAE#v=onepage&q=carlotta%20bond%20emerson%20maine&f=falseSarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07631583312725440241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-636068312591857663.post-36654366380994356812017-10-14T13:16:29.643-04:002017-10-14T13:16:29.643-04:00The Forest Hills Hospital is the same as the Emers...The Forest Hills Hospital is the same as the Emerson Hospital and later the Washington Hospital. My Grandfather, Alonzo Shadman, fought with Dr Emerson over medical practices (cleanliness -sterile- standards, surgical procedures, etc.) and was banned from admitting patients. He bought up all the outstanding notes on the property and took over the hospital. The Forest Hills Hospital went on to become one of the most respected hospitals, not only in Mass., but internationally. Many advanced surgical procedures (extremely small incisions, etc.) were developed there. Dr Shadman performed over 20,000 operations in his career at the hospital without using one blood transfusion and never lost a patient as a result (He used a sterile saline solution instead). The hospital became the Washington Hospital after being sold by Dr. Shadman.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960871096624156689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-636068312591857663.post-46426101704132517392017-06-18T23:06:28.523-04:002017-06-18T23:06:28.523-04:00I was born at the "Forest Hills Hospital"...I was born at the "Forest Hills Hospital" in 1940 deliverd by a Dr. Haskins of Brookline, MA<br />And my sister too in 1946 . . .moonbeamwatcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634464696602905687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-636068312591857663.post-28766401300409306562017-03-21T08:47:38.374-04:002017-03-21T08:47:38.374-04:00My father's birth certificate states that he w...My father's birth certificate states that he was born at Emerson Hospital 18 July 1930. Prior to seeing this, he had ALWAYS told us he was born at the Faulkner, and we put that into his obituary (he died 26 January 2017). So the hospital was still in operation in 1930. It's rather mysterious.kate59https://www.blogger.com/profile/04524593238577080774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-636068312591857663.post-1648236058377938792017-01-06T15:02:44.283-05:002017-01-06T15:02:44.283-05:00I don't know if this is the same place, but I ...I don't know if this is the same place, but I was born Aug. 14, 1924, in what was called the Emerson Hospital in Jamaica Plain. My birth certificate is entered in the records of the City of Boston. As you can see, I am still above ground.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10034941685249187798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-636068312591857663.post-64214553139691206282016-08-22T21:02:22.865-04:002016-08-22T21:02:22.865-04:00In 1943- or 1944 I was two years and a bit more of...In 1943- or 1944 I was two years and a bit more of age. I had my tonsils taken out at Forest Hills Hospital. I remember walking to the hospital that day with my mother. We lived on Williams St., at the corner of Plainfield Street. I remember being in the hospital and crying for water. I remember a bigger boy who was in traction with a broken leg. There were two other babies like me in cribs like mine, but I don't really remember much about them. I do remember when my father and mother came to get me and take me home again I told them to "Go away, I don't want nobody!" Forest Hills Hospital -- it seems to me it was up on a hill not far from Forest Hills Station. My mother even said to me that day as we walked up, "Isn't it nice up here?"<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-636068312591857663.post-72412603281236804472016-04-22T09:44:04.834-04:002016-04-22T09:44:04.834-04:00Also, can anyone tell if the two photos in this ar...Also, can anyone tell if the two photos in this article are the same building. They could be the same building with an addition added on but there are several structural features that look different. Not very clearGeorge Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743369634939842719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-636068312591857663.post-90470472322746706522016-04-22T09:35:42.081-04:002016-04-22T09:35:42.081-04:00One of my coworkers at the Glenside hospital in Ja...One of my coworkers at the Glenside hospital in Jamaica Plain used to work at the Washingtonian hospital on Morton Street. <br />It was a drying out hospital for alcohol it's based on the treatment prescribed by the Washingtonian societyGeorge Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743369634939842719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-636068312591857663.post-47017698588622664242015-06-07T21:56:27.643-04:002015-06-07T21:56:27.643-04:00My father said my great grandfather went to "...My father said my great grandfather went to "dry out" at the Washingtonian Hospital in the 1950s. He said he died in 1958 or 1960. I'm trying to find out when exactly. After his grandpa disappeared for a few months, someone found him dead on the street near the hospital. Apparently, he had drunk himself to death. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-636068312591857663.post-32378775267199087122014-11-30T09:50:11.669-05:002014-11-30T09:50:11.669-05:00My sister informed me that my father was in the Wa...My sister informed me that my father was in the Washingtonian Hospital in the 1940's well before I was born in an attempt to "cure" his alcoholism. He was allowed to come home on weekends to his family. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-636068312591857663.post-7093092861443434062014-11-04T03:11:09.286-05:002014-11-04T03:11:09.286-05:00My great Aunt and her sister were trained in Nursi...My great Aunt and her sister were trained in Nursing at Emerson Hospital in the early '20's.EnhancedNHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02604644745439300247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-636068312591857663.post-43404868619192009842014-10-25T22:04:51.881-04:002014-10-25T22:04:51.881-04:00Does anyone know when the name of the hospital cha...Does anyone know when the name of the hospital changed? My mother told me I was born there (December 1945). This blog is the first time I've ever seen a photo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-636068312591857663.post-19633686058901756822014-04-12T12:28:04.657-04:002014-04-12T12:28:04.657-04:00My Sister was born at Forest Hills Hospital in 194...My Sister was born at Forest Hills Hospital in 1942. Today it is the Washingtonian Hospital for Recovering Alcoholics. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05783658130428724164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-636068312591857663.post-5440259849803813382011-01-20T23:51:35.814-05:002011-01-20T23:51:35.814-05:00I am looking for some notice of Arthur Winthrop Ma...I am looking for some notice of Arthur Winthrop May who may have died in 1945-1949, He was a veterinarian and JP. He was a member of the cavalry as well.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15056030771842541685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-636068312591857663.post-38366514062176032992010-05-06T14:46:56.134-04:002010-05-06T14:46:56.134-04:00When I was growing up (60's), it was then call...When I was growing up (60's), it was then called the Washingtonian. Here is a link which I believe relates to hospital records from there. http://www.lib.umb.edu/node/1646 <br /><br />Along the street in front of this building once stood 7 or 8 horse chestnut trees. We would grab a few paper bags from Donegan's Market, stand down in the street and throw sticks up into the trees, trying to dislodge clumps of chestnut seeds. The seeds would explode and scatter on the pavement below and we would scurry around filling our bags with the dark brown nuggets. The distinctive scent and feel of a mature chestnut is etched clearly in my mind to this day, as well as a treasured childhood memory. :-)Tristan Frakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03722981224552591623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-636068312591857663.post-72556097998803680122009-01-23T09:02:00.000-05:002009-01-23T09:02:00.000-05:00My mother told me that the name of the hospital wa...My mother told me that the name of the hospital was also Washington Hospital. I was born there (by c-section) on April 2nd, 1945. She also said it later became a veterinary hospital in later years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-636068312591857663.post-71639808007257650552009-01-21T15:02:00.000-05:002009-01-21T15:02:00.000-05:00Good question. I got the impression that they were...Good question. I got the impression that they were bought by the Boston University hospital, so they may have gone there. If not, I suspect that the state would have them.Mark B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03524735496130204611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-636068312591857663.post-84354253201491585742009-01-21T10:49:00.000-05:002009-01-21T10:49:00.000-05:00What has become of the records from Forest Hills H...What has become of the records from Forest Hills Hospital circa 1920's?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539344763836200516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-636068312591857663.post-73082569763130904492009-01-21T10:47:00.000-05:002009-01-21T10:47:00.000-05:00What has become of the records from the Forest Hil...What has become of the records from the Forest Hills Hospital circa 1920?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539344763836200516noreply@blogger.com