Annual report : 1938 / Society of the Lying-in Hospital of the City of New York.
- Society for the Lying-In Hospital
- Date:
- 1938
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Annual report : 1938 / Society of the Lying-in Hospital of the City of New York. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![OUTSTANDING EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF THE LYING-IN HOSPITAL 1799 The Society of the Lying-In Hospital of the City of New York incorporated and facilities opened to patients August first, at number 2 Cedar Street. 1801 The work of the Society housed in the building of the New York Hospital (chartered 1771) for financial reasons. This arrangement continued for 26 years. Instruction in obstetrics inaugurated for men medical students and courses in midwifery for women—probably the first time in this country that male students were admitted to delivery rooms. 1855 Began giving financial aid to patients confined in their homes, limiting the donation in each case to twenty-five dollars, ten dollars being the amount usually paid. 1889 Dr. James W. Markoe and Dr. Samuel W. Lam¬ bert organized an obstetrical dispensary to meet the deplorable situation occasioned by the fact that approximately half the births in the city were being conducted by midwives, and also to provide much needed bedside instruction to young physi¬ cians. The Midwifery Dispensary opened in January, at 312 Broome Street — the most densely popu¬ lated district in the city at that time. the Midwifery Dispensary continuing its work at 314 Broome Street, next door to its original home. [ 9 ] 1890](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31711017_0011.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
