Western Dispensary for Women and Children

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Hospital co-founder Abraham Jacobi, Father of American Pediatrics.
View published in 1870. The address, 218 Ninth Avenue, became 242 around that time[1] as part of an avenue renumbering.[2]

The Western Dispensary for Women and Children, now defunct, was a Manhattan hospital incorporated in March 1869, located at 218 Ninth Avenue.[1][3][4] Unlike the government-funded Northwestern Dispensary,[5][6][7] this hospital had trouble meeting their financial obligations.[8][9] Abraham Jacobi, a co-founder of the hospital,[3] is regarded as the Father of American Pediatrics.[10]

Controversy[edit]

A portion of a large sum left by "an eccentric old maid" was directed by her will to Western Dispensary for Women and Children[11] and several other institutions,[12][13] Some of her nieces and nephews contested the will. When Surrogate Court held hearings,[13] there was "a large attendance" of "the various charitable institutions which are beneficiaries."[14]

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  1. ^ a b Hardy, John, ed. (1870). Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York. New York City: Common Council. pp. 373–74.
  2. ^ Compare Sheet 9 from: Plan of New York City, from the Battery to Spuyten Duyvil Creek. (New York: Mathew Dripps, 1867) with Plate 11 from: Robinson, E. & Pidgeon, R. H. Robinson's Atlas of the City of New York. (New York: E. Robinson, 1885).
  3. ^ a b Alexandra Minna Stern (2002). Formative Years: Children's Health in the United States, 1880-2000 (Conversations In Medicine And Society). ISBN 978-0-4720-2503-9. with Jacobi, one of the founders of the Western Dispensary for Women and Children in March 1869
  4. ^ "Western Dispensary for Women and Children. (Incorporated April 19, 1869). No. 218 Ninth Avenue". Museum of the City of New York (MCNY).
  5. ^ "City Government.; Board Of Aldermen. Relief For The Elm-Street Sufferers--Proposed Reward For The Detection Of The Murderer Of Tuers--Donations To Churches--A Sudden Adjournment. The Board Of Councilmen. Widening And Extending Streets--Condition Of The Sinking Fund--Security For Residents In Tenement Houses". The New York Times. February 14, 1860. A petition from the managers of the Northwestern Dispensary for a donation of ... was received and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  6. ^ "General City News: A Case of medical Negligence". The New York Times. March 1, 1863.
  7. ^ "Board of Councilmen.; Tents to be allowed in the park; the $25 city bounty". The New York Times. July 22, 1862. the sum of ... to the Northwestern Dispensary
  8. ^ regarding an attending physician, Anna Lukens: at some portions of the time paid the rent for this dispensary out of her own pocket in order to keep up the work.
  9. ^ "Anna Mary Reeder Lukens (1844-1939)".
  10. ^ "Jacobi Medical Center". City of New York. Archived from the original on April 18, 2006. Retrieved April 6, 2006.
  11. ^ "BURR, Sarah - Will 1882". The New York Times. March 15, 1882. ..., Western Dispensary for women and Children, each $"
  12. ^ "The Burr Case: Why the Witnesses Thought the Rich Old Maid Irrational". The New York Times. November 28, 1882.
  13. ^ a b "Miss Sarah Burr's Will, Most Bequests made to Charitable Institutions". The New York Times. March 15, 1882.
  14. ^ "Miss Sarah Burr's Life". The New York Times. November 29, 1882.

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