title: Dr. Elisha North and the first eye infirmary in the United States.
mesh_terms: D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000266:history; D003237:Connecticut; D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006782:Hospitals, Special / Q000266:history*; D008585:Meningitis, Meningococcal / Q000266:history; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000266:history*; D012899:Smallpox / Q000266:history / Q000517:prevention & control; D013525:Surgical Instruments / Q000266:history