Bellevue: Three Centuries of Medicine and Mayhem at America's Most Storied Hospital by David Oshinsky
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Fascinating account of the historic Bellevue Hospital of New York City and accounts of its 200+ years of operations. Bellevue has quite a history and its doctors/nurses & staff have been responsible for a number of critical medical advances--including the development of the ambulance. For a public hospital (& morgue) whose long history has been a commitment to the general public who don't have much money or insurance, or are homeless, or disturbed, or had been left on the streets to die, Bellevue has made some amazing historical contributions. This account goes right up through 9/11, the Ebola scare of 2014, and the disastrous effects of Hurricane Sandy. Read on iPad; borrowed from the library. Well-researched & written; a book well-worth reading.


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