FIRST AID PIONEER
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N 41° 32.039 W 075° 33.109
18T E 453967 N 4598183
Jermyn is known locally as the birthplace of first aid.
Waymark Code: WMW96
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 10/24/2006
Views: 35
Marker Text:
Here in 1899 Dr. Matthew J. Shields organized first aid for mine workers. From it grew the plan of Red Cross industrial first aid, which he helped establish. Dr. Shields died in Scranton January 23, 1939.
Marker Name: First Aid Pioneer
County: Lackawanna
Date Dedicated: 11/08/1947
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: Junction, Business U.S. 6 & Pa. 107, Jermyn
Category: Professions & Vocations, Business & Industry, Coal, Medicine & Science
Website: [Web Link]
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