House of Mercy (cottage hospital)
House of Mercy was an American cottage hospital incorporated in 1874 and located in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. It was designed especially for the treatment of surgical and acute cases from Pittsfield and neighboring towns, and was managed by women of the several religious societies in Pittsfield. The physicians in attendance rendered their services gratuitously. Pittsfield's House of Mercy was the first American cottage hospital, and in its early days, it served as the model cottage hospital of Massachusetts. Nonetheless, some of the arrangements in this hospital and some of the hygienic precautions were open to criticism.
Rev. Dr. John Todd
Harriette Merrick Plunkett
A cottage hospital is a mostly obsolete type of small hospital, most commonly found in the United Kingdom.
Passmore Edwards Cottage Hospital in Acton, London. Built c. 1900, it was funded by John Passmore Edwards.
A cottage hospital in Ruyigi, Burundi
Accounts of Harlington, Harmondsworth and Cranford Cottage Hospital, west Middlesex, published June 1913. For the year 1912-1913 the hospital treated 46; of which 24 from Harlington; 18 Harmondsworth; 2 Cranford; with 2 passers by who had accidents.
Harlington, Harmondsworth and Cranford Cottage Hospital's 1912-1913 patient list.
