Report of the commission to investigate measures for the relief of consumptives : January, 1907.

  • Massachusetts. Commission to Investigate Measures for the Relief of Consumptives.
Date:
1907
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Credit: Report of the commission to investigate measures for the relief of consumptives : January, 1907. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    APPENDIX. DIRECTORY OF INSTITUTIONS FOR THE TREAT- MENT OF TUBERCULOSIS, IN BOSTON AND VICINITY. [Compiled by the Boston Association for the Relief and Control of Tuberculosis.] State Institutions. Massachusetts State Board of Health, State House, Boston. — Makes free sputum examination for all physicians in the State. State Sanatorium, Rutland, Mass. (50 miles west of Boston). — For residents of Massachusetts in the early stages of tuberculosis of the lungs. Opened October, 1898 ; 375 beds ; cost to patient, $4 a week, remainder of expense borne by the State. Conducts free out-patient department for patients boarding in town of Rut- land. Examinations of applicants for admission are made according to the following schedule : — At the sanatorium any day except Sunday. At the Boston office of the sanatorium, which is located at the new out-patient department of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Wednesdays and Saturdays, from 1.30 to 3 o’clock p.m. At Worcester City Hospital Wednesdays and Saturdays, from 9 to 10 a.m. At Worcester Hahnemann Hospital Thursdays, 4 to 5 P.M. At Northampton by Drs. E. H. Copeland and J. C. Hanson. At Springfield by Dr. Everett A. Bates, 57 Chestnut Street, Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 2 p.m. At Pittsfield by Dr. R. A. Woodruff, 114 Wendell Avenue, Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 2 p.m. At Greenfield by Dr. Chas. T. Canedy. At Fall River by Dr. A. S. Mac Knight, 355 North Main Street, Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 2 p.m. At Lowell by Dr. Boyden H. Pillsbury, 58 Kirk Street, Wednes- days and Saturdays, at 2 p.m. (Any patient entering the sanatorium has the right to have home- opathic treatment if he so desires. It is understood, however, that t