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America's oldest hospital preserves the nation's history of medicine and health care
There's a new museum in Philadelphia, but its building and mission date back to before this country was founded. Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown went to see how the past and present meet at the Pennsylvania Hospital Museum. It's part of our ongoing coverage of health and arts for our CANVAS series.
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There's a new museum in Philadelphia, but its building and mission date back to before this country was founded. Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown went to see how the past and present meet at the Pennsylvania Hospital Museum. It's part of our ongoing coverage of health and arts for our CANVAS series.
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According to PBS News’s linked item, America’s oldest hospital preserves the nation’s history of medicine and health care, There’s a new museum in Philadelphia, but its building and mission date back to before this country was founded. Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown went to see how the past and present meet at the Pennsylvania Hospital Museum. It’s part of our ongoing coverage of health and arts for our CANVAS series.
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