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A Brief Surgical History of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Stephen J. Ferzoco, MD;
Michael J. Zinner, MD
Arch Surg. 2005;140:326-327.
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As with many great institutions of the 19th century, the story of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital begins with the vision of a single man. Peter Bent Brigham was born in Vermont in 1807. He came to Boston, Mass, as a youth and, as a creative entrepreneur, became very successful in the restaurant business. He wisely invested in real estate and local railroads and soon amassed a small fortune. Upon his death in 1877, his will stated that 25 years from his death, his estate was to be used for founding a hospital in Boston to care for the sick and indigent residing in Suffolk County (Boston and the surrounding county).
After a series of discussions regarding the location of the hospital, the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital trustees decided to settle on the Ebenezer Francis estate, which overlooked the Back Bay and . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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