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New York Medical College .- Thirteenth street, between Avs. 3 and 4. Founded 1850. Hon. George Wood, President of Board of Trustees : Hon. Henry P. Edwards, Vice President : R. Og- den Doremus, M. D., Secretary. Faculty : Horace Green, M. D., LL.D., Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine, and President of the Faculty : Edwin Hamilton Davis, M. D., Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics : B. Fordyce Barker, M. D., Professor of Midwifery and the Diseases of Women and Children : R. Ogden Doremus, M. D., Professor of Chemistry : J. M. Carnochan, M. D., Professor of the Principles and Operations of Sur- gery : Edmund R. Peaslee, M. D., Professor of General, Descriptive, and Microscopic Anatomy : Edward H. Parker, M. D., Professor of Physiology and Pathology. Spring and Summer Lectures- R. O. Doremus, M. D., on Practical Chemistry : H. Melville, M. D., on Medical Botany : I. Glück, M. D., on Diseases of the Eye : D. S. Conant, M. D., on
strator of Anatomy: Adam Zenker, Chemical As- sistant : James R. Halliday, Janitor. Lectures are delivered upon Practical chemistry, medical bota- ny ; the surgery of the eye, with operations; on surgical anatomy, in its various special applica- tions, &c. The expense of lectures and diploma are about the same as in the Medical College of the University.
New York Pathological Society .- At the College of Physicians and Surgeons, 67 Crosby st.
Pharmaceutical Institute .- 87 Av. 6. In- corporated October 6, 1852. Its object is to obtain the active remedial principles of indigenous and foreign plants, and to chemically combine and put up standard compounds. President, B. Brown Williams, M. D .: P. P. Learned, M. D., Secretary.
Pharmacy, College of .- At the Medical Col- lege in 13th st. Chartered 25th April, 1831, for twenty-five years. Officers for 1834 : John Meakin, President : John H. Currie, First Vice President ; Geo. D. Coggeshall, Second Vice President : Wm. J. Olliffe, Third Vice President : Jas. S. Aspinwall, Treasurer ; Fred. A. Hegeman, Secretary : Trus- tees, Thomas B. Merrick, Wm. Hegeman, Thomas F. Green, John Canavan, Buckland W. Bull, Jas. T. Maxwell, Eugene Dupuy, James Gridley, Isaac Coddington. Professor of Chemistry, Dr. R. O. Doremus : Materia Medica and Pharmacy, Dr. B. W. McCready ; Botany, Mr. J. F. Holton. Lecture
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season for four months commencing Ist November. [ tomical and Surgical Museum is rich in prepara Object, expressed in charter, section 1: " To cul- tivate, improve, and make known a knowledge of pharmacy, its collateral branches of science, and the best modes of preparing medicines." Section 4 of charter gives trustees power to grant diplomas in pharmacy, and, by an act of the Legislature of 11th March, 1839, a diploma of this college is ren- dered necessary for any person, not otherwise duly qualified, to commence practice as an apothecary in New York.
Physicians and Surgeons, College of .- 67 Crosby. Chartered in 1807 by the Regents of the State University. The whole expense of the course of lectures, which commences about the 15th Octo- tober, and continues to the second Thursday in March, is about $105. Alexander H. Stevens, M. D., LL.D., President; Thomas Cock, M. D., Vice President ; Gurdon Buck, Jr., M. D., Registrar ; Floyd Smith, Esq., Treasurer.
University Medical College .- E. 14th, n. Av. 3. Formed by the " Medical Faculty" of the University of the City of New York. Faculty of Medicine : Valentine Mott, M. D., LL. D., Emeri- tus Professor of Surgery and Surgical Anatomy, and ex-President of the Faculty : Martyn Paine, M. D., Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeu- tics : Gunning S. Bedford, M. D., Professor of Ob- stetrics, the Diseases of Women and Children, and Clinical Midwifery : John W. Draper, M. D., Pro- fessor of Chemistry and Physiology : Alfred C. Post, M. D. Professor of the Principles and Opera- tions of Surgery, with Surgical and Pathological Anatomy : William H. Van Buren, M. D., Profes- sor of General and Descriptive Anatomy : John A. Swett, M. D., Professor of the Institutes and Prac- tice of Medicine : Charles E. Isaacs M. D., Demon- strator of Anatomy: George A. Peters, M. D .. Pro- sector to the Professor of Surgery : Alex. B. Mott, M. D., Prosector to the Emeritus Professor of Sur- gery : John W. Draper, M. D., President of the Faculty. The courses of lectures are given on Anatomy, general, descriptive, surgical and patho- logical : Surgery : Materia Medica and Therapeu- tics : Institutes and Practice of Medicine : Obste- trics and Diseases of Women and Children : Che- mistry and Physiology. These courses are ar. ranged in such a way that six lectures a day are given, except when cliniques intervene. The Ana-
tions of practical value. It contains the extensive collections of Professor Mott, and also those of Professors Bedford and Post. The Professor of Chemistry has procured, at a very great expense, a chemical and philosophical apparatus of the best description, adapted to the illustration of a com- plete course of general and medical chemistry. The extensive Museum, collected by the Lyceum of Natural History of the City of New York, is in the College building. This Museum possesses a fine collection illustrative of the various objects of Comparative Anatomy and Natural History. There is also a very large and valuable suite of minerals, one of geological specimens, and one peculiarly rich in fossil remains. The lectures commence on Monday, the 17th of October, and are continued until the last day of February following. The ex- aminations for degrees commence about the 1st of March, and are continued daily, until the candi- dates have been examined. The following are the requisitions for the diploma. 1st. The candidate must be twenty-one years of age. 2d. He must have attended two courses of medical lectures ; one of which must be delivered in the Medical De- partment of the University of New York. 3d. The candidate must have studied medicine for three years. (the terms of attending lectures being in- cluded in these,) under the direction of a respecta- ble medical practitioner. 4th. He must write a medical thesis, either in the English, Latin, or French language. Two commencements take place annually in the University, at either of which candidates who have complied with the above re- quisitions may graduate. The first takes place early in the month of March, and the other about the end of June. The examinations for degrees are conducted in private by the Professors indivi- dually. Fees for the Winter Course-Full course of lectures, $105 ; matriculation fee, $5; practical anatomy, 85; the graduation fee is $30, For the purpose of assisting meritorious individuals, the Faculty receive, annually, ten beneficiaries, who are required to pay only $20 each towards the ex- penses of the institution, and the matriculationfee. The sons of physicians and clergymen, other things being equal, are considered as having a preferred claim. Charles W. Polman, Curator and General Superintendent.
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Blind, Institution for the .- Av. 9 n. W. 83d [ come for 1853, amounted to $48,354 66, but left a street. Founded 1835. Officers of the Board- balance due to the Treasurer of $9,677 59. The proficiency of many of the pupils in music, besides all the usual branches of a thorough English edu- cation, is highly gratifying. A complete edition of the scriptures, printed in raised letters, as issued by the American Bible Society, is used in the in- stitution, and read with great facility by even very young pupils. Cornelius Mahony, a former pupil of the institution, has devised a similar plan for the printing of music for the blind, which is used here with great success. Seven thousand dollars were realized in wages, in 1853, by the blind persons working in the manufactory, in the production of mattresses, mats, paper boxes, &c. The manufac- tory is open to all industrious blind persons of good character. Visitors are received on Tuesdays from 1 to 6 P. M. Isaac Wood, M. D., President ; Silas Brown, Vice President ; George F. Allen, Recording Secretary ; John P. Crosby, Corresponding Secretary ; Silas Brown, Treasurer. Officers of the Institution for 1854-T. Colden Cooper, Superintendent ; Mrs. Sarah T. Ames. Matron; J. W. G. Clements, At- tending Physician ; Isaac Wood, M. D., and James C. Bliss, M. D., Consulting Physicians; Abram Du- bois, M. D., Consulting Surgeon. The institution is under the control of twenty managers, from whom the officers of the board are elected. The building occupies the frontage of an entire block, from 33d to 34th street, and the grounds extend back to 8th Avenue, upon which the manufactory of the institution is erected. The grounds in the rear of the main building are judiciously laid out and planted, atfording desirable accommodation to Bloomingdale Lunatic .- Opened in 1821. Is a branch of the New York Hospital, and is lo- cated at Bloomingdale, on Eleventh Av. and 117th street, seven miles from the City Hall. It is under the management of the Asylum Committee of the Board of Governors of the Hospital. namely : Stacy B. Collins, 254 Pearl ; James W. Beekman, No. 3 Nassau; Augustus Fleming, 10 Bond ; James I. Jones, 5 Washington Place; James F. De Peyster, the inmates for exercise and recreation. The front has a pleasing architectural etfect, being of grey limestone, with a turretted centre and correspond- ing wings. It is approached by a small and well laid out park facing on 9th Avenue. There are 171 inmates, male and female, in the establishment, in- cluding graduates and pupils. It receives a State appropriation of $10,000 annually. The gross in-
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159 Front; John L. Buckley, 31 Front. Officers : { and a half miles from the City Hall. Founded 1819. D. Tilden Brown, M. D., Physician ; Thomas M. C. Peters, Chaplain; George W. Endicott, Warden ; Sarah M. Corey, Matron. It is necessary, before a patient can be admitted, that a lunacy warrant from any two Justices of the Peace, or two Police Magis- trates of the city, issued upon the evidence of two reputable physicians as to thealleged fact of insanity, be procured ; also a permit from one of the Asylum Committee, with whom the payment for board (which is always in advance,) must be arranged. The number of patients in the Asylum, on January 1st, 1853, was 52 males and 67 females ; admitted since, to January 1st, 1854, 73 males 62 females- total number during the year 254. There were discharged, recovered, 21 males and 28 females ; discharged improved, lõ males and 12 females : discharged not improved, 20 males and 12 females ; died 13 males and 9 females-total discharged and died 130; remaining, January 1st, 1854, 56 males,
. 68 females-total 124. Receipts of the Asylum during the year 1853 : State annuity $10,000, Board for patients $37,507 85, articles sold $381 97-total receipts $48,089 82. The payments for the same period have been : House expenses $23,254 16, wages $10.642 67, repairs $1,192 99, insurance $634 -total $35,723 82. Excess of receipts over pay- ments for the Asylum in 1853, $12,366.
Colored Home, for the aged and indigent, is located in 64th st., cor. First Av. E. R. Officers : Mrs. M. A. Wells, Ist Directress; Mrs. Samuel J. Beebe, 2d Directress ; Mrs. W. W. Chester, Record- ing Secretary ; Mrs. N. E. Russell, Corresponding Secretary ; Mrs. James Colgate, Treasurer, 114 E. 21st st .; Chaplain, Rev. Charles C. Darling ; Stew- ard, James Beatty ; Matron, Mrs. Ann M. Beatty ; Teacher, Miss Sarah Beatty ; Resident Physician, James D. Fitch, M. D., 37 Lafayette Place; Assistant Physician, Dr. L. S. Paddoc. Whole. number un- der charge in the male hospital during the year 1853, 127; in the female hospital 310; in the lying- in department and nursery, there were children born or received, up to January 1st, 1854, 79, and the whole number under charge in 1353, was 147; in the department for the aged and infirm, during the year 1853, 309 ; whole number under charge in the various departments of the institution, during the year 1853, 893 : died, 114 ; discharged as cured, 249 ; left for places of service, (mostly in the coun- try) 160, children delivered to friends, or bound out, 59; infants left with their mothers, 24; left or discharged for bad conduct, 12; leaving in the institution, 277. Of the 114 deaths, 48 were from phthisis.
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Colored Orphan .- Male and Female, Avenue 5, from 43d to 44th st. Founded 1837, by the Asso- ciation for the Benefit of Colored Orphans. Offi- cers : Mary Few, First Directress, 97 Ninth street; Margaret Roosevelt, Second Directress, Broadway, corner Fourteenth st .; Anna H. Shotwell, Secre- tary, Upper Morrisania; Mary Murray, Treasurer, 96 East Fourteenth st. Physician, Dr. Jas. McCune Smith, 15 North Moore st. ; Win. E. Davis, Super- intendent; Susan C. Benedict, Matron ; Charlotte Curtis, Assistant Matron. Teachers, Mary B. Hill, Sarah Brown, School No. 1; Sarah Tennant, Mary A. Young, School No. 2; Ann Eliza Hinton, Infant School; Mary Pratt, Hospital School; Catharine Thompson, Day School. Admitted since the open- ing of the Asylum, 683 ; number of children at date of last report, 207; admitted during the last year, boys 28, girls 24 ; under care during the year, 259 ; present number of boys 136, girls 83; indentured 15 ; returned to respectable parents at twelve years of age by agreement, their board having been paid, 10. The income ofthe Asylum for the year ending 1st December, 1853, was $9,984 17, of which $4,457 33 was received from the City Comptroller for board of children. There was a deficiency of $2,049 47. Total number of childrenin the Asylum during the year, 259. Proportion sick, 1 in 4; pro- portion of deaths, 5.02 in 100, which is a diminu- tion of 25 per cent. in sickness, and of .77 per cent. in mortality. compared with last report.
President, Harvey Prindle Peet, LL. D .: Prosper M. Wetmore, First Vice President: Timothy Heages, Second Vice President : Robert D. Weeks, Treasurer: Andrew Warner, Secretary : Moreau Morris, M. D., Attending Physician : O. W. Morris, M. A., Steward. The number of pupils in the in- stitution on the 1st of January, 1853, was 260. Dur- ing the year just closed 62 pupils were admitted, (3 of them, however, continued but a short time,) mak- ing the whole number in school, within the year, 322 The dismissals, for the same time, have been 44, leaving in the institution, on the 1st of Jannary, 1854, 278 pupils; an increase of 18 during the year, of 35 within two years, and of 51 within three years. Of this number, 192 are beneficiaries of the State, 16 of the city, and 17 of the State of New Jersey. Their own friends defray, in whole or in part, the expenses of 33 ; one is supported by the Commissioners of Emigration, and the re- maining 19 by the institution. The receipts of the institution for the year ending 1st January, 1854, amounted to $44,256 07. There was a balance due the Treasurer of $3,461 53. The State Comptrol ler paid for State pupils, $24,661 42: and also under act of 3d April, 1854, $5,000: the Regents of the University $496 65: the City of New York, for 16 pupils, $2,080 : New Jersey $2,147 14 : and the City of New York, for clothing county pupils, $580: paying pupils paid $3,795 50. Pupils work in book-binding, cabinet work, tailoring and shoe- making, brought in $1,872 68. The donations and subscriptions to the institution amounted to only $212 50. The expenses for salaries and wages, in- cluding professors and teachers, amounted to $13,107 38. In the last report the managers make these acknowledgements, deserving of notice : " We desire to acknowledge, on behalf of our deaf- mute pupils, the attentions and skill in dentistry of Drs. Brown and Hawes, whose services have been repeatedly rendered with no other reward than the pleasure of doing good to the unfortunate. A large proportion of our pupils, it is hardly ne- cessary to say, belong to the indigent classes of society ; and in very many cases, they would be obliged to forego the gratification of an annual visit home in the vacation, if they were obliged to pay the full fare. And here we have great pleasure in acknowledging the liberality of many of our steamboat lines and railroad companies, which have in very many cases, passed our pupils on the routes to and from the institution, either gratuit- ously, or at reduced rates of fare." The managers of the institution finding more room and accom- modation necessary, have effected a sale of the present building and adjoining property, which has produced $324,040, less the amount of mort- gages of $40,000. The managers ·have selected a new site, which is thus described in their report : "In the selection of the site, the Board esteem themselves very fortunate. The grounds pur- chased embrace thirty-seven and a half acres, on Washington Heights, about nine miles north of the City Hall, just beyond the limits to which the sur- veys for streets have been legally extended, and six miles from the present site of the institution. They border on one side upon the public road leading to Kingsbridge, traversed by stages several times a day, and on the other on the river, along the margin of which runs the Hudson river rail- road, which has a station in the vicinity. We have also purchased of the city corporation the water lots in front of our property, enabling us to construct a wharf on the river, and thus land the materials for buildings from vessels, directly on our own grounds." The corner stone of the new building was laid on the 22d April last. It is esti- mated that the completion of the buildings will leave the institution in debt to the amount of $55,000. The list of pupils from the beginning, amounts to 1,165 names-640 males and 525 fe- males : 278 of these remain, receiving instruction : 33 died : 15 died at home : and 839 returned to their friends : 17 of the number were idiots, " in
Deaf and Dumb .- 50th st. c. Av. 4, three most cases not even deaf but dumb from mental
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defects." 'I'ne institution has had pupils from 18 | prepared by the children, and in the manufacture different States, and from foreign countries. It is deduced from statistical enumeration that, for Europe and America there is an average of one deaf-mute in 1,588 persons. There is a general total of 80,825 deaf mutes in Europe and America. In the United States 9,717 : of these 632 are of the colored population. There is a larger proportion of male deaf mutes than female. Rural districts furnish a larger amount of deaf mutes than cities.
Home for Sailors' Children .- On Staten Island, near the Sailors' Snug Harbor. This insti- tution maintains and educates the bereaved or des- titute children of seamen. It is managed by a committee of ladies, and supported by voluntary contributions.
Institution of Mercy .- At St. Catharine's Convent, Houston st., cor. Mulberry. Established in 1849, by the Religious Order of the Sisters of Mercy, under the protection of Dr. Hughes, R. C. B. It affords protection and support to young women, of good character, requiring employment. There is constantly an average of 100 inmates. A free school is attached, which is attended by about 300 female children. The ladies of the Convent also visit the sick in the public Hospitals, and the convicts in all the Prisons.
Juvenile Delinquents, Asylum of the So- ciety for the Reformation of. - Founded 1824. Asylum situated at foot of East 26th st. Of- ficers and Managers: President, Robert Kelly; Vice Presidents, Shepherd Knapp, Israel Russell, Charles M. Leupp, Joshua S. Underhill, Mahlon Day, Jno. A. Weeks; Treasurer, Joshua S. Under- hill ; Secretary, James W. Underhill; Managers: James N. Cobb, Walter Underhill, Elias G. Drake, George J. Cornell, Charles E. Pierson, M. D., Linus W. Stevens, James W. Beekman, J. W. C. Leve- ridge, Benjamin B. Atterbury, George F. Hussey, Edgar S. Van Winkle, Frederick W. Downer, W. H. Maxwell, M. D., Edmund M. Young, Samuel L. Mitchill, John J. Townsend, Andrew Warner, Da- vid Sands, John Bigelow, Robert Lenox Kennedy, Richard M. Hoe, Charles C. Leigh ; Superintend- ent, John W. Ketcham; Assistant Superintendent. Israel C. Jones ; Physician, Galen Carter, M. D .; Chaplain, Rev. Franklin S. Howe; Teacher, Peleg A. Spencer ; Assistant Teachers, A. A. Woodward, Jno. Armstrong. I. P. Jones. Chas. Duryea ; Matron, Miss Anne Carter ; Miss Jane Carey, First Assistant and Teacher: Miss Julia O'Bryan. Second Assist- ant. The whole number of children received into the House of Refuge, since its organization in 1824, is 5,948 ; the number of children in charge on the 1st day of January, 1853, was 413; the number re- ceived during the year 1853 was 408; making a to- tal for that year, of 821. The number remaining on the 1st day of January, 1854, was 381 ; showing the number disposed of, during the past year, to be 440. The income of the society for the year end- ing 3d January, 1854, amounted to $35,004 92. It was made up as follows, viz : Cash from contrac- tors for the labor for the boys, $10,429 44; from Comptroller of the State, $8,000; from Comptroller of the City, $4,000; theatre and circus licenses, $4,777 88; Board of Education, $2,681 80; fees of members, $9 ; interest. $106 80 ; finance committee, $5,000. The society also received from the Comp- troller of the State, in 1853, for a new building fund, a grant of $85,902 68. The statistics of the children received in 1853, were: White boys 310, white girls 63, colored boys 30, colored girls 5; Americans 59, foreigners 255. In the sources from which the children were received, it appeared that 102 were sent by the New York police, and 123 by the Court of Sessions ; 193 of the children were in- dentured to farmers, 61 to housewifery, 25 to shoe- making, 13 to the whaling service, 53 were dis- charged, 4 died, and the residue were apprenticed to various mechanical trades. Of 339 of the chil- dren, 1 was 7 years old and 1 was 18. The average age was 13 years and 8 months ; of 136 none ex- ceeded the age of 13. During the year the boys have been employed in making chair seat frames from the rough plank, and filling them with cane
of pocket-books, spectacle cases, portemonnaies, da- guerreotype boxes, razor strops, &c. The boys make and mend all their own clothes and shoes, except the shirts, which are made by the girls. The girls make their own wearing apparel, and do all the washing for the house : the entire work of the institution is done by the children. Many visits are received during the year from persons now respectably employed, who were formerly inmates of the institution.
Leake and Watts' Orphan Asylum .- Situated between Av. 10 and 11, and between 111th and 112th st., near the Bloomingdale Luna - tic Asylum . Post Office, Manhattanville. Founded under the will of John G. Leake, who died in the year 1827. The institute was not opened until 1843, owing to the litigation which arose upon the will. Trustees : The Mayor and Recorder of the, City, ex officio, Rev. Win. Berrian, D. D., Rev. Jno. Knox, D. D., Rev. Wm. Phillips, D. D., and S. S. Dunscomb and W. H. Harrison, Wardens of Trin- ity Church: F. De Peyster, Clerk : J. H. Roose- velt, Treasurer : Wm. G. Wood, Physician : Wm. Kennedy, Superintendent. The number of chil- dren in the establishment last year was 188; of these there were 140 boys and 48 girls. The age for admission is over 3 and under 12. The chil- dren remain till they are 14, when they are ap- prenticed out. The education afforded is a general English education. The number of children at the establishment from the opening has been only 457. A much greater number could be accommodated. The establishment could accommodate 250, and the funds are ample. The Asylum is most favora- bly located on one of the highest points of the isl- and, commanding most agreeable prospects. The grounds comprise twenty-six acres, and have been judiciously planted. The dormitories and apart- ments devoted to the children are furnished and kept in the most admirable manner, and the com- fort of the children carefully considered in every respect. The Asylum is open to orphans from any State or country, and without regard to reli- gious persuasion. These were the terms of Mr. Leake's will. The will was unattested and inope- rative as to real estate, but with the consent of Mr. John Watts, one of the executors, who waived his claims to the personal property, an act of the Legislature was obtained in March, 1831, incorpo- rating the Asylum, under the title of " The Trus- tees of the Leake and Watts Orphan House in the City of New York, for the purpose of maintaining and educating orphan children, according to the intent of the will ;" and the residue of the personal estate of Mr. Leake was vested in the Trustees for that purpose. The cost of erecting the buildings amounted to near $60,000.
Magdalene Female Benevolent Asylum. Situated on 88th st., between Ax. 4 and 5, west of the Harlem Railroad. Instituted 1833. Officers : Mrs. Hastings, First Directress: Mrs. Eliza F. Clibborn, Second Directress : Mrs. Elizabeth C. Hoadley, Treasurer: Rev. Charles C. Darling, Chaplain: Miss Herrins, Secretary : Managers, Mrs. Ann Bleecker, Mrs. A. Merwin, Mrs. E. L. Trowbridge, Mrs. Earl: Dr. Freeman, 86th street, gives medical attendance gratuitously. This insti tution affords shelter, employment and means of reformation to the objects for whom it was de- signed. The establishment was originated by the " Ladies of the New York Female Benevolent So- ciety," which was organized in 1833, and by their [exertions the present commodious asylum build- ing has been erected at a cost of about $8,000. There is a chapel attached to the asylum, in which religious service is regularly held. The receipts of the society for the year ending May, 1853, were 82,348 74. The Treasurer's report for 1854 is not yet published. There were about 20 admissions to the asylum in 1853-'4.
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