Articles: Dispensaries Dispensaries were precursors to hospital outpatient clinics and health clinics for the poor. During the Civil War civic leaders petitioned the Indianapolis City Council to establish a dispensary for those… Read More »Dispensaries Livingston Dunlap (1799-Sept. 10, 1862). Livingston Dunlap was a prominent physician who was the first major advocate of a city hospital. A native of New York, he came to Indianapolis in 1821… Read More »Livingston Dunlap Flower Mission The idea for this healthcare charity dates to 1876 when a group of young women took flowers to City Hospital (see Sydney And Lois Eskenazi Hospital) patients. Founded by Alice… Read More »Flower Mission Indiana Medical History Museum The Indiana Medical History Museum is dedicated to preserving the Old Pathology Building at Central State Hospital as well as the history of medicine. The museum maintains a collection of… Read More »Indiana Medical History Museum Marion County Healthcare Center Founded in 1832 as the Marion County Farm, the county’s poorhouse, the center functioned as an extended care facility for the poor and elderly until 1996. During much of the… Read More »Marion County Healthcare Center Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Hospital Eskenazi Hospital, formerly Wishard Hospital and City Hospital, is Indianapolis’ oldest hospital. For most of its history, the primary purpose of the city’s public hospital, first known as City Hospital,… Read More »Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Hospital John Zwara (Dec. 27. 1880-May 24, 1951). Known as the “mystery artist of Indianapolis,” John Zwara was born in Slovakia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Having attended art schools in Prague… Read More »John Zwara
Dispensaries Dispensaries were precursors to hospital outpatient clinics and health clinics for the poor. During the Civil War civic leaders petitioned the Indianapolis City Council to establish a dispensary for those… Read More »Dispensaries
Livingston Dunlap (1799-Sept. 10, 1862). Livingston Dunlap was a prominent physician who was the first major advocate of a city hospital. A native of New York, he came to Indianapolis in 1821… Read More »Livingston Dunlap
Flower Mission The idea for this healthcare charity dates to 1876 when a group of young women took flowers to City Hospital (see Sydney And Lois Eskenazi Hospital) patients. Founded by Alice… Read More »Flower Mission
Indiana Medical History Museum The Indiana Medical History Museum is dedicated to preserving the Old Pathology Building at Central State Hospital as well as the history of medicine. The museum maintains a collection of… Read More »Indiana Medical History Museum
Marion County Healthcare Center Founded in 1832 as the Marion County Farm, the county’s poorhouse, the center functioned as an extended care facility for the poor and elderly until 1996. During much of the… Read More »Marion County Healthcare Center
Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Hospital Eskenazi Hospital, formerly Wishard Hospital and City Hospital, is Indianapolis’ oldest hospital. For most of its history, the primary purpose of the city’s public hospital, first known as City Hospital,… Read More »Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Hospital
John Zwara (Dec. 27. 1880-May 24, 1951). Known as the “mystery artist of Indianapolis,” John Zwara was born in Slovakia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Having attended art schools in Prague… Read More »John Zwara