单词 | general hospital |
释义 | general hospitaln. 1. A hospital which treats patients suffering from any medical condition, of any age, and of either sex. Frequently (with capital initials) in the names of such hospitals. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > places for the sick or injured > [noun] > hospital or infirmary > other types of hospital general hospital1647 private hospital1763 community hospital1843 day hospital1843 cottage hospital1849 field hospital1861 isolation hospital1891 teaching hospital1963 1647 in J. Cleveland Poems (new ed.) in Char. London-diurnall (Wing C4666) 53 May your scabbie Land be all Translated to a generall Hospitall. 1737 (title) The plan and elevation of a new general hospital intended to be erected at Bath for the reception of 150 poor strangers. 1757 A. R. Curiosities of Paris iv. 62 General Hospital, is a small Distance from the City... They receive all Kinds of Patients upon Application, such as Women with Child, Foundlings, Orphans, and Lunatics. 1794 Medical Extracts ii. 62 The air in the lowest ward in the General Hospital. 1869 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 333 In general hospitals a sanitary officer is to be appointed. 1880 Encycl. Brit. XII. 302/1 Hospitals are usually divided into General and Special. In General Hospitals cases of all kinds are admitted in some, whilst in others certain classes are excluded. 1930 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 30 1409/1 More nurses break down with this disease in general hospitals than in the special institutions for tuberculosis. 1990 Physiotherapy 76 (Advertising Suppl.) p. ii/1 Initially this will be a rotational post providing physiotherapy to a wide variety of patients in a 433-bedded general hospital. 2001 L. Mitton Victorian Hosp. 16 Doctors with an interest in a particular condition..found it difficult to advance their careers within a general hospital. 2. A military hospital receiving the sick and wounded from field hospitals. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > places for the sick or injured > [noun] > hospital or infirmary > military or field hospital field station1610 field hospital1690 military hospital1747 general hospital1775 ambulance1800 station hospital1827 base hospital1864 clearing-hospital1914 clearing-station1915 MASH1950 1775 G. Washington Gen. Orders 7 Sept. in Papers (1985) Revolutionary War Ser. I. 427 When a Soldier is so Sick that it is no longer safe, or proper for him to remain in Camp, he should be sent to the General Hospital—There is no need of regimental Hospitals without the Camp, when there is a general Hospital so near and so well appointed. 1794 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 995/2 Whilst the regimental surgeons are thus engaged in the field of battle..the new staff-surgeons..are to be found at the general hospital, perhaps..20 or 30 miles..from the scene of action. 1854 F. Nightingale Let. 15 Dec. in C. Woodham-Smith F. Nightingale (1950) ix. 183 Dr. Menzies has declared that he will have two [Roman Catholics] only in the General Hospital. 1863 Good Words Nov. 817/1 The army hospitals near Washington are of course full, and a general hospital has been lately established at Gettysburg. 1899 Daily News 27 Nov. 5/3 Large hospitals..known as ‘general hospitals’ (or ‘base hospitals’), each accommodating 500 men and 20 officers... A large staff is necessary for the working of each ‘general hospital’. 1914 Times 30 Oct. 10/1 3rd Southern General Hospital, Oxford. 1964 W. R. M. Drew in F. N. L. Poynter Evol. Hospitals in Brit. 165 Altogether, there were nineteen bearer companies, twenty-eight field hospitals..and twenty-two general hospitals. 1998 FDCH Federal Department Agency Documents (Nexis) 25 June An Army Reserve general hospital and a field hospital were deployed to Camp Parks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1647 |
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