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Floating Hospital for Children in Boston, Massachusetts is a downtown Boston pediatric hospital affiliated with and connected to Tufts Medical Center,〔(About Tufts Medical Center )NEQCA.org, Retrieved 3 Nov. 2015〕 occupying the space between Chinatown and the Boston Theater District.〔(Historic Markers: Chinatown/Theater District ) BostonHistory.org, Retrieved 3 Nov. 2015〕 The 128-bed children’s hospital offers pediatric inpatient and outpatient services in every medical and surgical specialty. Floating Hospital for Children is also the principal teaching hospital for Tufts University School of Medicine, where all full-time Floating Hospital physicians hold faculty appointments. Floating Hospital for Children also has affiliations with hospitals in the community, including Lawrence General Hospital,〔(Top Floating Hospital for Children Pediatricians Now at Lawrence General )LawrenceGeneral.org, Retrieved 3 Nov. 2015〕 Lowell General Hospital,〔(Our Affiliations )Greater Lowell Pediatrics, Retrieved 3 Nov. 2015〕 MetroWest Medical Center, Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital and Cape Cod Hospital.〔(Tufts Floating Hospital and Cape Cod Hospital Form Pediatric Partnership )CapeCod.com 29 Oct. 2015, Retrieved 3 Nov. 2015〕 Floating Hospital Specialty Centers in Framingham, Woburn, Chelmsford, Westford and Lawrence provide sub-specialist care for children on an outpatient basis. ==History== Floating Hospital for Children began as a hospital ship sailing the Boston Harbor for the first time in 1894. 〔(A History of the Boston Floating Hospital ) American Academy of Pediatrics, April 1957, Retrieved 2 Nov. 2015〕〔(12 Things You Didn’t Know About The History Of Boston’s Floating Hospital For Children ) Radio Boston 1 Oct. 2014, Retrieved 1 Nov. 2015〕 Heralded as a major innovation in pediatric medicine, the mission of the hospital ship was to take ill urban children out onto the harbor to experience the healing qualities of fresh sea air and sunshine.〔(Inside the Floating Hospital for Children ) Boston.com, Retrieved 2 Nov. 2015〕 By the end of the first summer, 1,100 children were treated. For 33 years, Floating Hospital for Children was located on two successive vessels helping children and educating mothers about dysentery and other important health issues. Furthermore, two major advancements made onboard were the development of a human milk bank to supply breast milk to sick infants,〔(History of U.S. Milk Banking )Mother's Milk Bank of Western Great Lakes, Retrieved 12 Nov. 2015〕 and the creation of the first effective synthetic milk product for infants, still sold worldwide today as Similac®.〔(History on the Hill: Floating Hospital for Children ) The Tufts Daily, 9 Oct. 2014, Retrieved 2 Nov. 2015〕 In 1927 the Floating Hospital ship was destroyed by fire and an on-shore facility was created for research and some clinical specialties.〔(Long-Lived Floating Hospital Is Still Going, Just Not Floating )New York Times 1 Sept. 2003, Retrieved 12 Nov. 2015〕〔(Inside the Floating Hospital for Children ) Boston.com, Retrieved 2 Nov. 2015〕 It also began an affiliation with Tufts University School of Medicine and Tuft Medical Center's predecessor, the Boston Dispensary. Floating Hospital for Children officially merged with Tufts Medical Center in 1965,〔(NEMC archives - Boston Floating Hospital, 1890-2014 ) Tufts Digital Library, Retrieved 2 Nov. 2015〕 but still retains its own identity and rich, historic tradition. The story of Floating Hospital for Children's first century of charting the course of pediatric medicine is told in the book, ''The Boston Floating Hospital''.〔(The Boston Floating Hospital ) Amazon.com〕〔(New Book on Floating Hospital’s First Century Published )Bostonese.com 19 Sept. 2014, Retrieved 3 Nov. 2015〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Floating Hospital for Children」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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