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Johns Hopkins Hospital

Johns Hopkins Hospital is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Johns Hopkins Hospital rather than just read about it. In short: Johns Hopkins Hospital (JHH) is the teaching hospital and biomedical research facility of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Incorporated in 1867 and opened in 1889, Johns Hopkins Hospital and its school of medicine are considered to be the founding institutions of modern American medicine and the birthplace of numerous famed medical traditions, including rounds, residents, and house staff.

Johns Hopkins Hospital — main illustration
Johns Hopkins Hospital — illustration

Key takeaways

  • Johns Hopkins Hospital belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
  • Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
  • Connect Johns Hopkins Hospital to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
  • Reproduce the core statement of Johns Hopkins Hospital from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Johns Hopkins Hospital (JHH) is the teaching hospital and biomedical research facility of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Incorporated in 1867 and opened in 1889, Johns Hopkins Hospital and its school of medicine are considered to be the founding institutions of modern American medicine and the birthplace of numerous famed medical traditions, including rounds, residents, and house staff. Several medical specialties were founded at the hospital, including neurosurgery by Harvey Cushing and Walter Dandy, cardiac surgery by Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas, and child psychiatry by Leo Kanner. Johns Hopkins Children's Center, which serves infants, children, teens, and young adults aged 0–21, is attached to the hospital. Johns Hopkins Hospital is widely regarded as one of the world's greatest hospitals and medical institutions. For 21 consecutive years from 1991 to 2020, it was ranked as the best overall hospital in the United States by U.S. News & World Report. In its 2019–2020 edition, U.S. News & World Report ranked the hospital on 15 adult specialties and 10 children's specialties; the hospital came in 1st in Maryland and third nationally behind the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. In 2021, the hospital marked 32 consecutive years of placing in the top five hospitals in the nation. The hospital's founding in 1889 was made possible from a philanthropic bequest of over $7 million by city merchant, banker, financier, civic leader, and philanthropist Johns Hopkins, which at the time was the largest bequest in the history of the United States. The hospital is located at 600 North Broadway in Baltimore.

History

Founding

Johns Hopkins (1795–1873), a Baltimore merchant and banker, left an estate of approximately $7 million (US$173.84 million in 2022) when he died on December 24, 1873, in his city mansion on West Saratoga Street, just west of North Charles Street, at the age of 78. In his will, he asked that his fortune be used to found three institutions that would bear his name: "Johns Hopkins University", "The Johns Hopkins Hospital", and "Johns Hopkins Colored Orphan Asylum." At the time that it was made, Hopkins' gift was the largest philanthropic bequest in the history of the nation. Toward the end of his life, Hopkins selected 12 prominent Baltimore residents as trustees for the project. A year prior to his death, he sent each a letter telling them that he was giving "thirteen acres of land, situated in the city of Baltimore, and bounded by Broadway, Wolfe, Monument, and Jefferson streets upon which I desire you to erect a hospital." He wished for a hospital that "shall, in construction and arrangement, compare favorably with any other institution of like character in this country or in Europe" and directed his trustees to "secure for the service of the Hospital, physicians and surgeons of the highest character and greatest skill." Hopkins instructed the trustees to "bear constantly in mind that it is my wish and purpose that the hospital shall ultimately form a part of the Medical School of that university for which I have made ample provision in my will." By calling for this integral relationship between patient care, as embodied in the hospital, and teaching and research, as embodied in the university, Hopkins laid the groundwork for a revolution in American medicine. Johns Hopkins' vision, of two institutions in which the practice of medicine would be wedded to medical research and medical education was revolutionary.

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Illustrations

Johns Hopkins Hospital illustration
Johns Hopkins Hospital illustration
Johns Hopkins Hospital: Johns Hopkins, the Baltimore merchant and banker whose philanthropic gift of over $7 million in 1889 launched the hospital
Johns Hopkins, the Baltimore merchant and banker whose philanthropic gift of over $7 million in 1889 launched the hospital
Johns Hopkins Hospital: Johns Hopkins Hospital, c. 1890–1910
Johns Hopkins Hospital, c. 1890–1910
Johns Hopkins Hospital: The interior of the Octagon Ward at Johns Hopkins Hospital
The interior of the Octagon Ward at Johns Hopkins Hospital

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Johns Hopkins Hospital

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Johns Hopkins Hospital claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Johns Hopkins Hospital before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Johns Hopkins Hospital ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Johns Hopkins Hospital

In research
Johns Hopkins Hospital appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry
Engineering practice reuses Johns Hopkins Hospital in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom
Johns Hopkins Hospital is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1889 establishments in Maryland, Hospital buildings completed in 1889, Hospital buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Baltimore, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life
Look for Johns Hopkins Hospital outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.
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How to study Johns Hopkins Hospital in 20 minutes

  1. Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
  2. Close the page and write down what Johns Hopkins Hospital means in your own words.
  3. Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
  4. Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
  5. Explain Johns Hopkins Hospital out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Johns Hopkins Hospital in simple terms?

Johns Hopkins Hospital (JHH) is the teaching hospital and biomedical research facility of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Incorporated in 1867 and opened in 1889, Johns Hopkins Hospital and its school of medicine are considered to be the founding institutions of modern Amer…

Why does Johns Hopkins Hospital matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Johns Hopkins Hospital?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Johns Hopkins Hospital.

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  • Hospital buildings completed in 1889
  • Hospital buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Baltimore
  • Hospitals established in 1889
  • Hospitals in Baltimore
  • Johns Hopkins Hospital
  • Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
  • Teaching hospitals in Maryland
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