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2 unusual facts about St. Elizabeths Hospital


Norman Holmes Pearson

Pearson promoted Pound’s work apart from his political involvements, helping to prevent it from being “disappeared" due to Pound's very unpopular World War II politics and consequent incarceration at St. Elizabeths Hospital (a psychiatric hospital operated by the District of Columbia Department of Mental Health).

St. Elizabeths Hospital

The hospital was referred to in an episode of the television series, "Bonanza”.


Howard University College of Medicine

Much of the experience these medical students gain with under-served communities is at Howard University Hospital, the primary teaching hospital for HUCM, but students also gain experience with other demographics by working at other hospitals in the DC Metropolitan Area including Washington Hospital Center, St. Elizabeths Hospital and Inova Fairfax Hospital.


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