Corollary Of Diffusion Analysis

The “Corollary of Diffusion” implies that “changes in culture and landscape occur through imitation” (Landscape and Urbanization, 2011). The United States of America gained its diversity through immigration and diffusion of cultural traits after its initial discovery. Ever since the discovery of the foreign land, world leaders have imitated the factors that make other countries successful. By establishing a language, a constitution, and a sense of power, the country as a whole imitates the United Kingdom and Spain. This occurs when “people in one place sees what is happening elsewhere, likes it, and imitates it if possible” (Lewis, 1979: 4).

In addition, when immigrants move to the United States, they bring with them their ancestry and their

cultural traits from their home country, this contributes to cultural diffusion.
The Corollary of Diffusion can be witnessed in every community that contains a healthcare facility, whether it be a doctor’s office, a nursing home, or a hospital.

Before healthcare facilities existed, birthings and surgeries occurred in the comfort of the patients own home. The first hospital established in the world was Westminster Hospital in 1719 in London, England (Lost Hospital of London, 2013). The original facility focused on worshiping God, but then turned their focus on proper sanitation and care for the sick. An expansion of hospitals occurred after individuals realized the effectiveness of the Westminster. In 1751 “Benjamin Franklin and Dr. Thomas Bond founded the first public hospital” in the United States (Penn Medicine, 2017). This imitation provides insight into how cultural ideas spread and changes. My community houses quite a few health care facility, one of the most popular being the Pequot Health Center. Some of the services provided include emergency care, laboratory work, diagnostic services, and rehabilitation. Healthcare facilities don’t generally vary over space because they have to maintain certain standards for accreditation by the Joint Commission. However, the healthcare facility may look different from community to community because of culture and the range of services

provided.
The Corollary of Diffusion and my picture of the Pequot Health Center from the photographic scavenger hunt helps individuals better understand the cultural landscape of their community because it demonstrates how changes in culture and landscape occur through imitation. World leaders tend to imitate factors that make other countries successful in following in their footsteps. This imitation “tells us a good deal about the way that cultural ideas spread and change” (Lewis, 1979: 4). The first hospital opened in London, England in 1719 and the cultural idea spread to Pennsylvania, United States in 1751. Lastly, the Corollary of Diffusion and the picture allows individuals to recognize the influence of power on their landscape. To come up with the idea of opening a facility with proper sanitation and patient care and to turn it into a globally accepted concept requires power. The founder of the Westminster Hospital, Henry Hoare, was an overall powerful man in London, England by commissioning over 50 churches. As a powerful man, Hoare influenced other citizens to support his decision and the business took off from there.