Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, where many patients are forced to wait for treatment in the hallways due to lack of space and over crowding in the emergency room, 2006.

1931 illustration of Captain John Smith being 'saved' by Pocahontas. (Credit: GraphicaArtis/Getty Images)

Physician S. Weir MItchell, 1909. (Credit: The Library of Congress)

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