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t m c » p u l s e | j a n / f e b 2 0 1 7 15 Leopold Meyer, a retail merchant and medical fundraiser, starts building Texas Children's Hospital. 1 1 9 5 0 The Harris County Hospital District is created by voter referendum. 1 9 6 5 Dr. Michael E. DeBakey performs the world's first coronary artery bypass at Houston Methodist Hospital. 1 At Texas Children's Hospital, Karen and Kimberly Webber are born joined at the chest. The hospital separates the conjoined twins, establishing itself as a leader in pediatric care. 1 9 6 4 The University of Texas creates the MD Anderson Hospital of Cancer Research. It is the first member institution of the Texas Medical Center (TMC). 1 The City of Houston provides 134 acres next to Hermann Hospital to establish a hospital district. Baylor University College of Medicine moves from Dallas to Houston and becomes a member of the TMC. Hermann Hospital becomes the first hospital in Texas to receive penicillin. 1 9 4 3 1 9 6 5 Texas Woman's University, based in Denton, establishes a presence in Houston. 1 9 6 0 The Texas Medical Center is officially chartered and filed with the state of Texas. The University of Houston College of Pharmacy is founded. St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital is founded by the Episcopal Diocese of Texas. The Houston Academy of Medicine Library receives a building gifted from Jesse H. Jones, although the library's origins date back to 1915. By 1975, the building gets an addition and the library assumes its current name, the Houston Academy of Medicine – Texas Medical Center Library. Ben Taub Hospital opens. The charity hospital is named for a Houston philanthropist and medical benefactor, shown left. 2 1 9 6 3 1 9 4 1 1 9 5 4 1 9 4 5 1 9 4 6 The Texas Institute for Rehabilitation and Research, or TIRR, opens as one of the country's first rehabilitation hospitals. 1 9 5 9 The Institute for Spirituality and Health is founded. Originally known as the Institute of Religion, it is dedicated to the idea that spirituality is vital to health and healing. 1 9 5 5 Texas Children's Hospital opens with three stories and 106 beds. 1 9 5 3 Harris County Commissioner's Court establishes the Office of the Harris County Medical Examiner, now known as the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences. 1 9 5 7 Dr. Denton A. Cooley, right, founds the Texas Heart Institute. 1 1 9 6 2