Dispensaries, hospitals, and medical societies of Kings County, 1830-1860 / by William Schroeder.

  • Schroeder, William.
Date:
[1860?]
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Credit: Dispensaries, hospitals, and medical societies of Kings County, 1830-1860 / by William Schroeder. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    connected with the Brooklyn Almshouse. On April 9, 1832, the poorhouse at Flatbush was opened, and John B. Zabriskie, M.D. was appointed as physician, at a salary of $70 per year. In 1834 Dr. J. B. Zabriskie was re-appointed as physician. In 1838 the County Hospital and Lunatic Asylum were opened. On February 8, 1848, Dr. J. B. Zabriskie died. He appears to have been the only physician connected with the above insti- tution up to this date. On March 5, 1848, F. M. Ingraham, M.D., and Philip O. Hyatt, M. D., were appointed in place of Dr. Zabriskie. March 30, 1849, tne hospital at the Penitentiary was opened and T. Anderson Wade, M.D., was appointed physician. Dr. Wade agreed to treat all prisoners and furnish the necessary medicine for $12 per month, which was accepted. Dr. Wade's salary was fixed in 1852 at $250 per annum. Dr. J. L. Zabriskie was appointed physician at the Penitentiary in 1859. In 1854 it became known to the Board of Superintendents that a bill was pending before the Legislature directing that bodies of persons who may die in the poorhouse be delived to medical schools for the purpose of dissection. The bill was denounced as a monstrous outrage, its provisions being declared barbarous. In 1854 Dr. Thomas Turner was physician to the hospital, and Dr. J. A. Blanchard physician to the Lunatic Asylum. Dr. Blanchard was Superintendent from 1875 *° 1877. In 1856 Dr. Robert B. Baiseley was resident physician of the Lunatic Asylum. 1857 Edwin R. Chapin, M.D. was elected resident physician of the County Hospital. In 1859 Dr. E. R. Chapin became physician to the Lunatic Asylum, which position he resigned in 1871. Dr. Thomas Turner died in 1865, and his successor was Dr. R. Cresson Stiles, who resigned in 1866. Dr. Stiles was followed by Dr. Teunis Schenck. WILLIAMSBURGH DISPENSARY. Organized January, 1851. Opened September 1, 1851. Located at the corner of Fifth and South First streets. The first President was Samuel Groves. The attending physicians were : John A. Brady, M.D. Nelson L. North, M.D. Chas. Holzhauer, M.D.