Second report of the Board of Commissioners of the Department of Parks for the City of Boston, 1876.

  • Boston. Department of Parks.
Date:
1876
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Second report of the Board of Commissioners of the Department of Parks for the City of Boston, 1876. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    AND HOSPITAL, (FOR CHILDREN WITH SPINE AND HIP DISExlSES AND OTHER DEFORMITIES,) No. 126 EAST FIFTY-NINTH STREET, Between Fourth and Lexington Avenues. Open from 1 to 3 P. M. (Sundays and legal Holidays excepted) for the Reception and Treatment of Patients. Objects of the Institution.—“To furnish treatment to the poor, with special reference to the Diseases and Deformities of the Spine and the Hip Joint, and other of the more serious diseases of the hones and joints requiring surgical and mechanical treatment, and for giving instructioa in the same.” All cases of deformity besides those mentioned, including Club-Foot, Lateral Curvature of the Spine, Infantile Paralysis, Bow-Legs, &c., are received and treated. Rules Governing the Admission of Patients to the Dispensary Department.—Professional services are rendered gratuitously. Those who can afford to do so are expected to reimburse the Institution for the actual cost of appar- atus. Payment for apparatus is received in installments, if required. Apparatus, however, is never sold to patients or others—the Institution reserving the right to remove the apparatus and discharge any patient not complying with the direc- tions of the Surgeons. Apparatus will not be supplied in any case that does not come under the immediate care of the Institution. Rules Governing the Admission of Patients to the Hospital De- partment.—Any suitable Orthopaedic case between the ages of four and fourteen may be admitted. Board, $4 per week. Application for admission may be made to the House Surgeon during the regular Dispensary hours. The Building occupied was constructed especially for the use of the Dis- pensary and Hospital. It is four stories high—25 by 100 feet on the ground floor, which is used for Dispensary purposes. It has two wards, 18 by 60 feet, with ac- commodations at present for 24 in-door patients, a sun-room and an infirmary. It is also equipped with a six-horse power steam engine, and a large and com- pletely appointed mechanical room, where the apparatus used is manufactured. The Medical Professidn and the public generally are invited to visit the Institution. The Institution is supported by the contributions of the benevolent. Con- tributions, which are earnestly solicited, may be sent to Jas. K. Gracie, Treasurer, 87 New Street.