Historical Bibliography Updated: June 17, 2026

Description of the Johns Hopkins Hospital.

BILLINGS, John Shaw (1838 – 1913) Wikipedia

Publication Details

Baltimore, MD: I. Friedenwald, 1890 CE.

Billings was responsible for the designing of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. “It marked a new departure in hospital construction…It was the most perfect and best equipped institution of its time” (Kelly & Burrage).

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Public Health
Hospitals & Institutions

Thematic Classifications

HOSPITALS PUBLIC HEALTH

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Entry Number	#1627
Permanent Link	https://hom-sveltekit.fly.dev/entry/1982
Author Bio Link	Wikipedia ↗
External URL	description-of-the-johns-hopkins-hospital

Geographic Context

Publication place: Baltimore, MD