HCISPP · Question #207
Who founded the Pennsylvania Hospital?
The correct answer is C. Ben Franklin. This question identifies Benjamin Franklin as the co-founder of Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital in the United States.
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Who founded the Pennsylvania Hospital?
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- AEdward Jenner
- BFlemming
- CBen Franklin
How the community answered
(33 responses)- A3% (1)
- B9% (3)
- C88% (29)
Why each option
This question identifies Benjamin Franklin as the co-founder of Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital in the United States.
Edward Jenner was a British physician who pioneered smallpox vaccination and had no connection to founding Pennsylvania Hospital in the American colonies.
Alexander Fleming was a 20th-century Scottish bacteriologist who discovered penicillin - he lived nearly two centuries after Pennsylvania Hospital was founded in 1751.
Benjamin Franklin co-founded Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia in 1751 alongside Dr. Thomas Bond, making it the first hospital established in the American colonies. Franklin was instrumental in securing legislative funding and public support for the institution.
Concept tested: Benjamin Franklin and founding of Pennsylvania Hospital
Source: https://www.uphs.upenn.edu/paharc/features/creation.html
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