wr* 1 i *m si m ■ ^ 'SiffiK *?>»?**» ■-:$&■ JUgl Billi :'&: t.; ;**?. Mm? 'Px^Mc,\' ::>r" I trfitjrf! **£*£& ^siH * '*♦$? i NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE Washington Founded 1836 U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Public Health Service • -^: ^ 5 •••, Kjr i 1 iiCMiJi "i, Kj&rr * ^u r IT" ^^Z. ■'>■. i ^ "'S> /Jt /4"r A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE NEW-YORK HOSPITAL. NEW-YORK: PEINTED BY ISAAC COLLINS AND SON, NO. 189, PEARL-STREET. 1804. /ei/ .', C 0 N T E N T S. Page Chap. I. Historical SJietch of the Institution, • • • ♦ 1 Chap. II. Charter for establishing the Hospital, granted by Governor Dunmore in 1771, •••• 7 Chap, III. Rules and Orders for the government of the Hospital,.............>.......... 21 Chap. IV. Rules and Orders concerning the Li- brary, ................................ 42 Chap. V. Catalogue of the Books,............ 46 Chap. VI. A general summary of the number of patients admitted into and discharged from the Nezc-York Hospital, from the \st of February 1792, to the 31st of January 179-5 ,* and a particular Account of the patients admitted and discharged from the 3\st of January 179-5 to the 3\st of December 1803, and of their various diseases, rcith the result of their cases during that period,........6l, 62, 64, 65 Chap. VII. List of Officers,.................. 66 Chap. VIII. List of Members of the Corporation, 67 ME A BRIEF ACCOUNT NEW-YORK HOSPITAL. CHAP. I. Historical Sketch of the Institution. THIS Institution was formed in the year 1770, by CHAP. I. the private subscriptions of the inhabitants of the V—^—' city of New-York ; and, in consequence of a petition Historical to the then governor of the State, by Peter Mid- sketch>&a dleton, John Jones and Samuel Bard, three respectable physicians, the Association was incorpora- ted, by a Charter granted in 1771, under the name of " The Society of the Hospital in the city of New- York, in America." Actuated by the principles of Christianity and ge- neral benevolence, the Society uniformly disclaim all partial attachments to any political, civil, or re- ligious distinctions amongst men; and regard all per- sons as equally intitled to the benefits of the Insti- tution, whose maladies and extreme indigence cast them on the charity of others for relief. Through the influence of Doctor John Fothergill and Sir William Duncan, contributions to the So- ciety were made by many of the inhabitants of Lon- don and other parts of Great-Britain. The legislature of the State also granted an annual allowance of eight hundred pounds, in aid of the Institution, for twenty years. A plan of a building, suggested by A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF Dr. John Jones, was agreed to in 1773, but unfortunately when it was almost completed, it accidentally took fire on the 28th. of the second month, (February,) 1775, and was nearly consumed. By this misfortune the Society suffered a loss of seven thousand pounds, and the execution of their benevolent plan would have been suspended, had not the legislature almost im- mediately granted to them the sum of four thousand pounds, towards repairing -the loss sustained, and for rebuilding the house. But the war, which took place in the same year, between Great-Britain and her Co- lonies, prevented the completion of the edifice, which was occupied during the war as barracks, and much injured by the British garrison. The effects of the war on the circumstances of our citizens, and the general derangement of affairs du- ring that period, prevented any attention to the Insti- tution. It was not until the first month (January,) 1791, that, the house was in a proper state to receive patients, at which time a number were admitted. The annuity granted by the provincial legislature having ceased with the commencement of hostilities, ex- cept an allowance of four years of that annuity, after- wards paid to the Society, out of the excise, the le- gislature of the State in 1792, granted two thousand pounds a year for five years, in consideration of the arrears due to the Society and for its better support. In 1793 this act was repealed, and the sum of four thousand pounds a year, was granted for five years, and in 1796 this sum was increased by the grant of an additional sum of one thousand pounds a year for four years. In 1801, an act was passed continuino- this grant tor the further term of five years to be con? puted from the 1st. of February 1800. By an act of the legislature passed the first of the fourth month (April) 1796, entitled "An Act more effectually to regulate the port of New-York" the THE NEW-YORK HOSPITAL. 3 harbour-master is directed to pay to the Society, cer- CHAP. I. tain fines therein mentioned. In 1801 an agreement was made, between the Go- vernors of the New-York Hospital and the Governors of the Lying-in Hospital, by which the existing funds of the latter were to be paid to the use of the for- mer Institution, on condition that a lying-in ward should be established and appropriated in the ISew- York Hospital for the benefit of pregnant women. The grounds belonging to the Hospital were, in 1801, inclosed with a brick wall and converted into gardens for the accommodation and benefit of conva- lescent patients.—A third story has also been added to the edifice, during the present year, by which con- siderable space has been gained for the accommodation of an additional number of patients, and the Gover- nors are thereby enabled to provide more convenient accommodations for maniacs. The site of the Hospital is elevated, and is one of the most agreeable on New-York Island. It fronts Broadway, and is bounded by Church-Street in the rear; the north side bounds on Catharine-Street, and the south side on Barley-Street. The gardens are planted with fruit and forest trees, and afford agree- able refreshing walks to valetudinary and convales- cent patients; the situation being high, open and airy, possesses extraordinary advantages for the enjoyment, of fresh and salubrious breezes. A house Surgeon and Apothecary constantly reside in the Hospital.—These offices are filled by the students of the Physicians and Surgeons belonging to the Hos- pital, which affords an excellent school for the young men appointed to those places. Every person subscribing and paying thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents, is a member of the Society, 4 A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF CHAP. I. and has a right to vote at the election of Governors, or to be elected. By an existing arrangement between the Treasury Department of the United States and this Hospital, the sick and disabled seamen of the port of New- York, are received into the Hospital and permitted to enjoy its salubrious air and beneficial accommoda- tions. Persons labouring under incurable decrepitude and continued ailments of any kind, are regarded as tit- ter objects for the Aims-House than the Hospital, which is properly an Infirmary for the reception and cure of such persons as require, 1st. Medical Treatment ^of common diseases 2d. Chirurgical Management > and accidents. 3d. The restraint, management and treatment neces- sary for lunacy and other disorders of the mind. 4th. The care, nursing and attendance on lying-in women. The students who attend the lectures of the Me- dical professors of Columbia College, have the op- portunity, likewise, of attending regularly the practice of the Hospital, which has thus become a valuable addition to the excellent Medical establishment of that Seminary. The advantage to be derived from, attendance on the cases of the sick, is very much in- creased by the Clinical Lectures delivered by Dr. Rodgers, whom the Medical faculty of the College have appointed for that purpose. The Clinical lec- turer b;ing also professor of Midwifery in the College, is enabled, in addition to his lectures, to present those practical opportunities of instruction afforded by the obstetrical cases, which occur during the season. That the interests of Science and Letters might as far THE NEW-YORK HOSPITAL. as possible be promoted, a Library has been established CHAP in the Hospital, which, contains a large and very va- luable collection of ancient and modern books on Medi- cine and Surgery, and other scientific and economical subjects connected therewith. By this means the Gover- nors themselves, as well as Physicians, and Surgeons, may obtain the best information, on such occasions as may demand it, and the means of acquiring useful know- ledge are greatiy facilitated to the students in Me- dicine and Surgery. The collection of books will be augmented from time to time, as the funds of the Society may permit.* Students under the care of the Physicians and Sur- geons of the Hospital have permission to visit the wards, and to frequent and use the Library: others pay for this privilege, ten dollars for the first year, and five dollars for every succeeding year. Notwithstanding the provisions in the Poor-Laws made for the relief of indigence in the different towns and counties in the State, a little reflection on the numerous objects which solicit the bounty of the public and of individuals, to mitigate their distress, will be sufficient to evince the necessity of the es- tablishment of a general or State Hospital, in order to complete the great system of public charity. Various causes concur to render such an Institution peculiarly necessary in the Capital of a large, popu- lous and luxurious State. It is there adventurers and persons from the distant counties resort to better their fortune, or to engage in more congenial pursuits.—It is the Capital which receives all the emigrants from the neighbouring States and from foreign countries, * It may not be improper to inform those who feel disposed to contribute to the support of this charitable Institution, by will, that the form of a devise for that purpose must be as follows: Item. / give and bequeath to the Society of the Hospital in the City ef ,V< Tv-Tori, in America, the sum of 6 A BRiEF ACCOUNT OF chap. I. who are driven from their homes by poverty or crimes* or who emigrate for the sake of a more advantageous exercise of their various professions, or to carry on trade, or to find employment in various ways in a large and busy city. The immense business carried on in the Capital, in Navigation, Merchandize, Ar- chitecture, and in all the auxiliary Arts and Trades, must give rise to frequent accidents among the per- sons employed in them, and who are thereby rendered more fit objects for a public Hospital, than for a poor- house. The peculiar and signal benefits afforded to the sick and disabled, by the prompt application of the me- dical and surgical aid of an Hospital; its great and general importance also as a valuable Medical school to all who are desirous of improving themselves in the healing art, and its extensive utility in regard to the whole State, have been so fully seen and felt by the legislature, that they have generously appropriated an annual sum for its better support. Indeed when the object of this appropriation, and the manner of its expenditure is considered, the benevolent mind must be consoled with the reflection that in no other way public or private contributions, could be so efficacious- ly and beneficially applied, or produce so much un- mixed good to the whole community. By this pious and useful Institution, the rich have it in their power to alleviate the distress and mise- ry of their poor neighbours, while the finer qualities of the mind are continually improved in this school of active morality, by the habitual exercise of Chris- tian charity.—It may serve to increase the ardour of such to reflect that no expression is more illustrative of the exalted character of Christ, than the epithet so contemptuously applied to him, " Behold the Friend of Publicans and Sinners." New-York, 1804. THE NEW-YORK HOSPITAL. 7^ CHAP. II. CHAP. II. THE CHARTER. George the Third by the Grace of God, of Great- Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth. To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting : WHEREAS our loving subjects, Peter Mid- preambla. dleton, John Jones, and Samuel Bard, of our city of New-York, physicians, by their humble petition presented unto our trusty and well-beloved Cadwallader Colden, Esq; our Lieutenant Go- vernor, and then our commander in Chief of our province of New-York, and the territories depending thereon in America, and read in our council for our said province, on the ninth day of March, which was in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy, did, among other things in substance, set forth, that there had been a subscription set on foot pctitionof by them, for the purpose of erecting a public Hos- Doctors pital in our said city of New-York, and that sundry Middleton, public spirited persons, influenced by principles of be- JjJJ» foarn* nevolence, had liberally subscribed towards the same; charter for that from the manifest utility of such an Infirmary, an Hospital, the petitioners hoped for further contributions, and rec,ted- that some very considerable donations had been then already promised, in case the success of the Institu- tion should be rendered probable; but that the said monies could not be conveniently collected, or the design prosecuted with vigour, unless a corporation should be formed for that purpose; and therefore the petitioners humbly prayed our Letters Patent, forming 9 A- BRIEF ACCOUNT OF chap. II. a corporation for the purposes aforesaid: now we, tak- which in ing into our royal consideration the beneficial tenden- considera- Cy 0f suc\x an Institution within our said city, caleu- beneficial lated for relieving the diseases of the indigent, and tendency is preserving the lives of many useful members of the granted. community, are graciously pleased to grant the said humble request of our said loving subjects: know ye therefore, that we, of our special grace, certain knowledge and mere motion, have willed, given, gran- ted, ordained, constituted and appointed, and by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, do will, give, grant, ordain, constitute and appoint, that the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen and Assistants of our Membersof city of New-York, in America, now and for the time thecorpora- being; the Rector of Trinity Church in our said city, Hon name . nQw an(j ^ ^Q ^^ Demg . tne presioJent of King's College in our said city, now and for the time being; the Senior Minister of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in our said city, now and for the time being; the Minister of the ancient Lutheran Church in our said city, now and for the time being; the Minister of the French Church in our said city, now and for the time being; the Senior Minister of the Presby- terian Church in our said city, now and for the time being; the Minister of the Moravian Church in our said city, now and for the time being; the Minister of the German Reformed Calvinist Church in our said city, now and for the time being; the Minister of the New-Lutheran Church in our said city, now and for the time being; the Minister of the Anabaptist Congregation in our said city, now and for the time being; the Minister of the Scotch Presbyterian Church in our said city, now and for the time being; and Sir William Johnson, Baronet, John Fothergill, of our city of London, in our kingdom of Great-Britain, physician ; Daniel Horsmanden, John Watts, Oliver De Lancey, Charles Ward Apthorp, Roger Morris, William Smith, Hugh Wallace, Henry White, Ro- bert R. Livingston, Andrew Elliot, Archibald Ken- nedy, Abraham Mortier, Philip Livingston,' William Axtell, James Duane, John Morin Scott, Leonard THE NEW-YORK HOSPITAL. 9 Lispenard, Simon Johnson, Thomas Smith, William CHAP.U. Bayard, Walter Rutherford, Alexander Colden, John Van Cortland, %lugustus Van 'Cortland, William Li- vingston, Abraham Mesier, Richard Morris, John Bo- gert, and John Moore, all of our said city of New- York, esquires; Abraham Lott, esquire, treasurer of our said province; Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Da- vid Clarkson, Walter Franklin, Gerard William Beek- man, William MfAdam, George Bowne, Nathaniel Marston, Lawrence Kortright, George Folliott, David Provoost, Cornelius Clopper, John Myer, David Van Home, Thomas White, Charles M'Evers, Isaac Low, John Beekman, Richard Sharpe, Thomas Pearsall, Joshua Delaplane, Samuel Bowne, Isaac Sears, Sa- muel Broome, John Thurman, Jacob \Vratson, Lewis Pintard, Gerardus Duyckinck, James Beekman, Pe- ter Goelet, William Ludlow, Nicholas Stuyvesant, John Hams Cruger, John Wetherhead, Theophilact Bache, Samuel V^rplank, John Crook, Grove Bend, John Alsop, Casper Wistar, Isaac Roosevelt, Evert Bancker, Gerrardus De Peyster, Henry Rutgers the younger, Henry Haydock, Gabriel H. Ludlow, Isaac Corsa, Thomas Buchannan, Andrew Barclay, John Livingston, Augustus Van Home, Joseph Hallet, Pe- ter Kettletas, Jacob Le Roy, and Abraham Duryee, all of our said city of New-York, merchants; Wil- liam Brownjohn, of our said city of New-York, drug- gist; John Leake, of our said city of New-York, mariner; George Harrison, of our said city of New- York, brewer; Walter Du Bois, and Nicholas Jones, both of our said city of New-York, gentlemen ; and Francis Basset, of our said city of New-York, pew- terer; and such other persons as shall be elected and admitted hereafter members of the corporation here- ..-,.. by erected, be, and for ever hereafter shall be, by porated. virtue of these presents, one body corporate and po- litic, in deed, fact and name, by the name, stile and XT . . , „ . rn <> • /• i t i • i • i v /■ Name ol title of " Ihe Society of the Hospital in the city of the !Ii)S1,;. New-York, in America," and them and their succcs- t*L sors by the same name, we do by these presents, really and fully make, erect, create, constitute and C 10 A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF CHAP. II. To have perpetual succession. Capable to sue and be sued. May hold estates. provided the clear yearly in- come does not exceed £.5000 sterling. The corpo- ration may lease and sell estates. and have a seal. declare one body politic and corporate, in deed, fact and name, for ever: and will give, grant and ordain that they and their successors, the Society of the Hospital in the city of New-York in America, by the same name, shall and may have perpetual succession; and shall and may, by the same name, be persons capable in the law to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended in all courts, and else- where, in all manner of actions, suits, complaints, pleas, causes, matters, and demands whatsoever, as fully and amply as any other our liege subjects of our said province of New-\ ork, may or can sue or be sued, implead or be impleaded, defend or be de- fended by any lawful ways or means whatsoever. And, that they and their successors, by the same name, shall for ever hereafter be persons capable and able in the law to purchase, take, hold, receive and en- joy to them and their successors any messuages, te- nements, houses and real estate whatsoever, and all other hereditaments of whatsoever nature, kind and quality they be, in fee simple, for term of life or lives, or in any other manner howsoever. And, also any goods, chattels and personal estate whatsoever. Provided always, the clear yearly value of the said real estate doth not at an}T time exceed the sum of five thousand pounds sterling, lawful money of our kingdom of Great-Britain, above all outgoings and reprises. And, that they and their successors, by the same name, shall have full power and authority to give, grant, sell, lease, demise and dispose of the same real estate and hereditaments whatsoever, for life or lives, or years, or for ever. And also all goods, chat- tels, and personal estate whatsoever, at their will and pleasure, as they shall judge to be most beneficial and advantageous to the good and charitable ends and purposes above mentioned. And, that it shall and may be lawful for them and their successors, for ever here- after, to have a common seal to serve for the causes and business of them and their successors, and the same seal to change, alter, break and make new, from THE NEW-YORK HOSPITAL. 11 time to time, at their will and pleasure. And our CHAP. u. royal will and pleasure is, that when our said cor- when poration hereby erected, shall have acquired by the ground is aid of the legislature of our said province of New- they n ' York, by the generous donations of the benevolent, build an or otherwise, a proper and convenient piece of ground HosPital> in and near our said city of New-York, and funds sufficient, without injuring the said charity, to admit of the erecting an Hospital for the reception and re- lief of sick and diseased persons, that the said So- ciety do erect within our said city of New-York, an Hospital for the said purposes; which we will shall for ever hereafter be called by the name of, " The which shall Nezc-York Hospital" And that it shall and may be becalledthe lawful for our said corporation, from time to time, H0WUa°rk and at all times hereafter, to erect for their use and convenience, any other house, houses or buildings what- ever. And, for the better carrying into execution the purposes aforesaid, our royal will and pleasure is, and m0reorder- we do hereby for us, our heirs and successors, give ly Govem- and grant, to the Society of the Hospital in the city ^e^tof thc of New-York in America, and their successors for there 7shali ever, that there shall be for ever hereafter belonging always be to our said corporation, twenty-six Governors of the g^y-six said Hospital and corporation, of whom there shall be taken and had one president, and one vice-president, a president and who shall conduct and manage the affairs and JJ^j^" business of the said Hospital and corporation, in man- ner as hereafter is declared and appointed. And also, that there shall be for ever hereafter, one or more trea- a treasurer surer or treasurers, and one secretary, belonging to andsecreta- our said corporation. And for the more immediate ry" carrying into execution our royal will and pleasure herein, we do hereby assign, constitute and appoint the aforesaid John Watts, Oliver De Laneey, Charles yc^ J' Ward Apthorp, Roger Morris, William Smith, Hugh thecorpora- Wallace, Henry White, Robert It. Livingston, White- tion named. head Hicks, Mayor of our said city of New-York, Andrew Elliot, Archibald Kennedy, Peter Van Brugh Livingston, David Clarkson, Abraham Mortier, Abra- ham 'Lott, Walter Franklin, Leonard Lispenard, Ge- 12 A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF CHAP. II. rardus William Beekman, Philip Livingston, William M'Adam, George Bowne, William* Axtell, Doctor John Fothergill, Nathaniel Marston, Lawrence Kort- right, and George Folliot, to be the present Gover- nors of the said Hospital and corporation; the afore- ▼ice^m-es^ ' sal<^ «J°nn Watts, to be the present president; and dent, trea- the aforesaid Andrew Elliot, to be the present vice- surerandse- president; the aforesaid Peter Van Brugh Livingston, med^who to De tae Present treasurer; and the aforesaid John are to re- Moore, to be the present secretary of our corpora- main m of- tion hereby erected. Which said Governors, presi- dent, vice-president, treasurer, and secretary, shall hold, possess and enjoy their said respective offices *he3dT"es- until the third Tuesday in May, now next ensuing. ir72,n ay' And, for the keeping up the succession in the said offices, our 103'al will and pleasure is, and we do here- And for by for USj our heirs and successors, establish, direct, asuccefsioif an{^ require of and give and grant to the said So- the Society ciety of the Hospital in the city of New-York in f8 \ T" America, and their successors, for ever, that on the tion of new sa^ third Tuesday in May now next ensuing, and officers, yearly, and every year, for ever thereafter on the third . , Tuesday in May in every year, they and their suc- dav in May cessors, shall meet at the said Hospital, or at some annually, other convenient place in our said city of New-York, to be fixed and ascertained by some of the bye laws ro elect by or regulations of our said corporation, and there, by ballot or the majority of such of them as shall so meet, shall otherwise, Qy ballot, or in such other manner and form as shall be directed and established by any [of] the bye laws or regulations of our said corporation, elect and choose and out of twenty-six of their members, to be Governors of our the Cover- sa\r\ corporation and Hospital for the ensuing vcar: Hrr»i"-1.*^*t^1* ai>d a'so oul °f the said Governors so elected and president chosen, shall elect and choose as aforesaid, one pre- and vice- siclent and one vice-president, of our said corporation, forSth"en- for tnc ensuing year. And also, shall then and there, suing year, elect and choose, as aforesaid, one or more of the And out of sa»d Governors or members at large, of our said cor- the Gover- poratiou, to be treasurer or treasurers of our said corpo- nors or ration fe-r the ensuing year, and another of the said THE NEW-YORK HOSPITAL. 13 members to be secretary for the ensuing year. Which CHAP. n. said Governors, and other the officers aforesaid, of members our said corporation, so elected, shall immediately en- choose a ter upon their respective offices, and hold, exercise AnTout'of and enjoy the same respectively, from the time of such the mem- elections for and during the space of one year, and ber*> a se" until other fit persons shall be elected and chosen "Vhe new in their respective places, according to the laws and chosen Go- regulations aforesaid.^ And, in case any of the said vernorsand persons by these presents nominated and appointed to enterimme- the respective offices aforesaid, or who shall hereafter diately on be elected and chosen thereto, respectively, shall die, thejr dutv.» , i c r 1J m and remain or on any account be removed from such ofhces, res- jn 0g-lce one pectively, before the time of their respective appoin- year, or till ted services shall be expired, or refuse or neglect to others be act in and execute the office for which he or they ^tir stead- shall be so elected and chosen, or is or are herein in case of nominated and appointed; then our royal will and the dea'h» , . , rr , . , ,. J3 • i removal.re- pleasure is, and we do hereby direct, ordam and re- fu^ or ne_ quire our said corporation, to meet at the place for gleet of offi- the time being: appointed, for the said annual elec- fer*' °*hers , , o r r > to be chosen tions, and choose other or others of the members ot ;n tne;r our said corporation, in the place and stead of him stead, with- or them so dying, removed, refusing or neglecting to d" ^'"^ act, within thirty days next after such contingency; suchcomm- and in this case, for the more due and orderly con- gency. ducting such elections, and to prevent any undue Jn°d^evr^ proceedings therein, we do hereby give full power t[ce9 ;n gucn and authority to, and ordain and require, that upon elections, every vacancy in the office of president, the vice- jJ^'JJJj^ president, and any five of the Governors of our said president, corporation and Hospital, for the time being; and with five of upon every vacancy in the office of vice-president, Go- n10ySGovcr" vernor, and in any other the offices aforesaid, the pre- to give 9C- sident, and any five of the said Governors for the time ven days being, shall appoint the time for such election and "^"p"_ elections, and cause public notice thereof to be given, pers,ofthe by publishing the same in one or more of the pub- day and lie news-papers printer! in this Colony, at least se- £0ainetedPfor ven days before the day appointed for such election ; holding the or in case it shall so" happen that at any time or election, 14 A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF CHAP. II. times hereafter, there be no such news-papers print- and the per- ed in this Colony, then by affixing up notices in writ- sons then mg^ at jeast seven jays before the day appointed for holdThdr sucn election ; at two or more of the most public places offices from in our said city of New-York; hereby giving and grant- the time of mg tnat sucn person an(j persons as shall be so chosen from time to time, by the majority of such of the members of our said corporation as shall, in such case, until the 3d meet in manner hereby directed, by ballot, or in such Tuesday in other manner and form as shall be directed by any nextfollow- tne bye ^aws or regutations °f our sa"i corporation, ing. shall have, hold, exercise and enjoy such the office which me- or offices to which he or they shall be so elected and tiOTfoffil- cn<>sen* from the time of such election until tiie third ling up va- Tuesday in May thence next ensuing, and until other cancies to or others be legally chosen in his or their place or stead, practised.8 as funv an(* amply as the person or persons in whose But no per- place he or they shall be chosen, could or might have son shall at done by virtue of these presents. And we do hereby tlonsorthe Wl^ an(* direct, that this method shall for ever here- annual elec- after be used for the filling up all vacancies in the tions,be SSL[r\ offices, between the annual elections above direct- sklent1 £*" ea-: provided nevertheless, that as well in the elec- vice-presi- tions last mentioned, as in the annual elections above dent, unless mentioned, no .person shall be elected to the office vernor. °" °f president, or vice-president, unless he then be a Governor of our said corporation and Hospital.—And Thepresi- our will and pleasure is, and we do hereby for us, president^" our heirs and successors, direct, ordain and require, Governors, that every president,- vice-president, governor, trea- treasurer surer and secretary of our said corporation, to be tary/to^be elected by virtue of these presents, shall, before they elected, act in their respective offices, take an oath, (or if any shall, before 0f them shall be of the people called Quakers, or onTheh^res- Unit as Fratrum, an affirmation) to be to them admi- pective of- nistered, by the president, or vice-president of our fice^takffian sa^ corporation for the time being, or of the pre- matio" for ceding year, (who are hereby severally authorised to the faithful administer the same) for the faithful and due execu- execution tjon 0f their respective offices, during their continuance in the same, respectively. And further, our royal will THE NEW-YORK HOSPITAL. 15 and pleasure is, and we do hereby for us, our heirs CHAP. II. and successors, ordain and appoint, and give and grant to the Society of the Hospital in the city of ,The P"'1" New-York in America, that the president of the sard hu°absence,. corporation for the time being, and in case of a vacan- the vice- cy in the said office of president, or in case of his President sickness or absence, the vice-president of our said cor- mon the poration shall, and may, from time to time, as occa- Governors sion may require, summon and call together, at such tomeet» days and places within our said city of New-York, as they shall respectively think proper, the Governors of the said corporation and Hospital for the time being, givlnS at giving them at the least one day's notice thereof; and day'snotice. we do hereby require them to meet accordingly, and give, grant, and ordain, that any seven or more of the said Governors of our said corporation, being so Seven of convened together, of whom the president of our said the Gover- corporation for the time being, or in case of a va- nor*>of cancy in the said office, or the sickness or absence ™e°tfentor of the said president, the vice-president for the time vke-presi- being, shall always be one, shall for ever hereafter deD*»tobe be a legal meeting of the said corporation ; and they, ghTli mak"6' or the major part of them so met, shall have full power a quorum, and authority to adjourn from day to day, or for any other have power time, as the business of our said corporation may and transact require; and to do, execute, transact, manage and thej>usiness perform, in the name of our said corporation, all of thc.cor_ and every act and acts, thing and things whatso- pora lon' ever, which our said corporation are or shall, by vir- tue of these our Letters Patent, be authorised to do, act, transact, manage and perform, in as full and am- ple manner as if all and every the Governors and members of the said corporation were present, and ch00sing consenting thereto: saving and except always the Governors electing of Governors, and other the officers above a^ °ther mentioned of our said corporation: and also, saving and except the giving, granting, selling, or otherwise *rdn > J to be dispo- Wlse aliened, but by and with the concurrence and sed of but approbation of the majority of the whole number of ofthe'lna'o- tn6 Governors of our said corporation for the time rityofthe being, first obtained at some legal meeting of our whole go- said corporation. And, that none of the real or mixed vemors. estate of our said corporation be leased, demised, or in any wise disposed of, for any longer term than one year, without the like concurrence and approba~ bation of the majority of the whole number of the Governors of our said corporation for the time being, first obtained as aforesaid. And further, we do here- by for us, our heirs and successors, ordain and ap- point, and give and grant to the Society of the Hos- pital in the city of New-York in America, that at any, and every such legal meeting of any seven or The gover- more of the Governors of our said corporation, of norsin legal whom the president of our said corporation for the may1"2 time being, or in case of a vacancy in the said office, or the sickness or absence of the said president, the under the vice-president for the time being, shall always be one, seal of the it shall and may be lawful for them, in writing, un- corPoration der the common seal of our said corporation, to hws^o/the make, frame, constitute, establish and ordain, from good go- time to time, and at all times hereafter, such laws, Vurnmrnt f constitutions, ordinances, regulations and statutes for its mem-° tne better government of the officers, members, and bers, offi- servants of the said corporation, and of the patients cers, and from time to time admitted into the said Hospital; and of the ror fixing and ascertaining the places of meeting of patients to our said corporation, on the days and times of the be admit- elections above mentioned; and for regulating the ted « i • t The places mode and manner of making such, and all other the and mode elections in our said corporation; the management pf elections. an(j disposition of the. funds and charities, and all eement and other the business and affairs whatever of our said disposition corporation, as they, or the major part of them, so °ff°rthe as they, or the major .part of them so met as afore- f0rPoration said, shall judge most conducive to the benefit of the and the said charity ; provided such laws, constitutions, regula- same again tions, ordinances, and statutes, be not repugnant to the amend. laws of that part of our kingdom of Great-Britain called Such bye . England, nor of this our province of >sew-\ ork. And laws no^ t0 we do further will and grant, that the said Gover- nant to"the nors of the said corporation for the time being, or laws of En- any seven or more of them, so legally met and con- &ad or j , , ™ •'. . this colony* vened as aforesaid, of whom the president, or vice- The g0ver- president, for the time being, shall always be one, as nors to ap- aforesaid, shall have the full and sole power and au- P0^*^ thority for ever hereafter, by the majority of their physicians voices from time to time, to elect, nominate and ap* and sur- point such and so many physicians and surgeons, as ^J8^*1" they shall judge necessary to attend the said Hos- patients, pital, and the sick and diseased patients from time to time admitted to the benefits of the said charity; and to appoint the physicians and surgeons so elect- ed, their respective powers, authorities, business, trusts and attendances; and also to appoint an Apothecary, ajsoanapo- a Steward, and Matron, of and for the said Hos- \^fJll^ pital; and from time to time to appoint them, the matron, said Apothecary, Steward, and Matron, and each of them, their respective powers, authorities, business, trusts, and attendances; and to displace and discharge and again the Apothecary, Steward, and Matron, from the ser- displace and vice of the said Hospital, and to nominate and ap- ^°™\n point other or others in their places and stead. And their stead. we do further, of our special grace, certain know- ledge, and meer motion, for us, our heirs and suc- cessors, grant and ordain, that when, and as often as any president, vice-president, governor, treasurer, dcntf™£. secretary, physician, or surgeon of the said corpora- president, tion, shall become unfit orincapable to execute their governor, said offices, respectively, or shall misrlemean them- ^J^Jy* selves in their said offices, respectively, contrary to physicianor any the bye laws or regulations of our said corpo- »urge°n, in- 18 A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF CHAP. II. capable of serving or misdemean- ing himself, may upon complaint, examina- tion, and due proof, be suspend- ed, by a majo- rity of go- vernors. The gover- nors in legal meeting may by majo- rity of voi- ces, choose new mem- bers, ration, or refuse or neglect the execution thereof, and thereupon a complaint or charge in writing, shall be exhibited against him or them, by any member of our said corporation, at any. legal meeting of the Governors of our said corporation and Hospital, as aforesaid, that it shall and may be lawful for the president, or vice-president and governors, or the ma- jor part of them, then met, or at any legal meeting of our said corporation from time to time, and upon examination and due proof, to suspend or discharge such president, vice-president, governor,- treasurer, se- cretary, physician or surgeon, from their offices res- pectively, although the yearly or other time for their respective services, shall not be expired; any thing before in these presents contained to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding ;—Provided always, that no president, vice-president, governor, physician, or surgeon, shall be suspended or discharged at any meeting, without the concurrence and approbation of the majority of the whole number of the governors of the said corporation, nor without having a copy of the complaint or charge against him, at least six days before such examination; and an opportunity to be fully heard in his defence. And for the keep- ing up and preserving for ever hereafter, a succes- sion of members for the said corporation, our will and pleasure is, and we do hereby for us, our heirs and successors, ordain, give, and grant, to "The So- ciety of the Hospital in the city of New-York in America," and their successors, for ever, that it shall and may be lawful at all time and times hereafter, for ever, for any seven or more of the governors of our said corporation, for the time being, of whom we will the president, or in case of his absence, sick- ness, or a vacancy in the said office of president, the vice-president of the said corporation, shall always be one, being convened and met together as afore- said, so as to be a legal meeting of our said corpo- ration, as above mentioned, to elect and choose by the majority of their voices, and in such manner and form, and upon such terms and conditions, as shall THE NEW-YORK HOSPITAL. 19 he directed, ordained and established for that purpose, CHAP. H. by any the said bye laws, statutes, constitutions or ordinances of the said corporation, and admit under , , i /• ■ i • l j an" under the common seal of our said corporation, sucn, ana theirseal so many persons to be members of the said corpo- admit as ration, as they shall think beneficial to the laudable JJ*"7^ designs of the said corporation. Which persons, and deem bene- every of them so from time to time elected, chosen, ficial to the and admitted, shall, by virtue thereof, and of these Society- presents, be vested with all the powers, authorities and privileges, which any member of the said corpora- tion is hereby invested with. And our will and plea- sure further is, that the said governors of the said The gover- corporation and Hospital, shall yearly and every year, JeracroSTtt give an account in writing, of the several sums of to the gene- money by them received and expended by virtue of »l«»em- these presents, or any authority hereby given; and th^°pa0_ of the management, application and disposition of ceedings, the revenues and charities aforesaid, to the general ^JJ^J?- assembly of our said province, for the time being, or uJtore(luir- to such person or persons as the said general as- sembly shall, from time to time, appoint to receive and audit the same accounts, when they the gover- nors of our said Hospital shall be thereunto requir- ed by the said general assembly of our said province. And further, we do by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, give and grant, unto the said Society of the Hospital in the city of New-York in America, and their successors for ever, that this our The char_ present Charter, shall be deemed, adjudged and con- ter to be strued in all cases, most favourably, and for the best ™rruoefdin benefit and advantage of our said corporation, and th7Sety, for the promoting the good ends and designs of this and being charitable Institution; and that this our present grant, %™*™lx being entered on record, as is herein after expressed, ^ effectual shall be for ever hereafter, good and effectual in the in the law. law, according to our royal intent and meaning herein before declared; and without any other licence, grant or confirmation from us, our heirs or successors, hereafter bv the said corporation to be had or ob- tained notwithstanding any mis-recitals non-recitals, 20 A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF CHAP. n. not-naming, or mis-naming, or any of the aforesaid offices, franchises, privileges, immunities, or other the premises, or any of them; and altho' no writ of ad quod Damnum, or other writs, inquisitions or pre- cepts hath been upon this occasion had, made, issued or prosecuted; any statute, act, ordinance, or provi- sion, or other matter or thing to the contrary there- of in any wise notwithstanding. In testimony where- of, we have caused these our Letters to be made Pa- tent, and the great seal of our said province to be hereunto affixed, and the same to be entered of re- cord, in our secretary's office for our said province of New-York, in one of the Books of Patents there » remaining. Witness our right trusty and right well- beloved cousin, John Earl of Dunmore, our captain general and Governor in chief, in and over our said province of New-York, and the territories depending thereon in America, Chancellor and Vice-Admiral of the same at our Fort in our city of New-York, by and with the advice and consent of our council for our said province of New-York, the thirteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-one, and of our reign the eleventh. THE NEW-YORK HOSPITAL, 21 CHAP.1IL CHAP. III. RULES AND ORDERS FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE NEW-YORK HOSPITAL. SECTION 1. Concerning the Governors. j AT the Monthly meeting in the Twelfth Month ' -L\. (December) in each year, a committee shall be appointed for auditing the Treasurer's accounts, and taking an inventory of all the real and personal property belonging to the Hospital, which are to be made up and produced at the following Monthly meeting; also, ano- ther committee to make out, and produce at the same time, an annual report of the state of the Hos- pital to be laid before the legislature. II. At the Monthly meeting in the Sixth Month (June) a committee of repairs shall be appointed. III. Any Governor may recommend a patient to be admitted, but the visiting committee may refuse, or admit patients so recommended, as they may judge proper. IV. In case of sudden accidents or some extraor- dinary or pressing case, or from circumstances where great inconvenience would arise by waiting for the approbation of the visiting committee, any Governor, Physician or Surgeon may direct the Superintendant to receive a patient immediately, but in all such cases information must be given early by the Superinten- dant to the visiting committee, for their approbation for such patients to remain or not, as may appeal" to them convenient and proper. A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF V. The same rules as the preceding, to apply with respect to women to be received" as patients in- to the Lying-in ward. VI. At each Monthly meeting one of the Gover- nors shall be appointed on the visiting committee to serve three months. VII. No appointment of a Physician or Surgeon shall be made unless nominated at a previous meet- ing. VIII. Physicians and Surgeons shall be appoint- ed only by ballot. IX. The Governors' room shall be kept solely for the use of the Governors, and the Apothecary and house surgeon, students and others, are not permitted to use it, except the Librarian when necessarily employ- ed in the Library. X. No drugs or medicines shall be purchased ex- cept from the person or persons who may be appoint- ed by the Governors to supply the house ; and such person or persons shall be appointed by ballot at the Monthly meeting, following the general election. XI. At each Monthly meeting the minutes of the visiting committee must be produced, in order that the Governors may be informed of the proceedings of the committee. SECTION n. The Treasurer. I. He shall make up the accounts to the 31st day of the Twelfth Month (December), in each year, to- gether with an inventory of all the real and person- al property belonging to the Hospital, of the debts THE NEW-YORK HOSPITAL. 23 due to and from the Institution, and of the claim CHAP.hl this Hospital has on the lying-in Hospital in conse- quence of an agreement made with the governors of that establishment. II. He shall furnish a state of the accounts, when called for by trie Board. III. He must pay no money on account of the Hospital, but by order of the Governors, the visiting committee, or committee of repairs, except to the su- perintendant for the express purpose of marketing, and such contingences as may appear to him to be im- mediately wanting. IV. He must give security to be approved of by the Governors, for the due performance of his trust. SECTION III. The Secretary. I. He shall attend (or appoint some person in his room) the meeting of the Society, and of the Go- vernors ; and take minutes of the proceedings of each meeting, and transcribe the same in a book assigned for that purpose. II. Immediately after each election of Governors, he shall give notice to the different persons elected. III. On the day preceding each stated and other meetings, he shall send notice of the time and place of such meeting to each of the Governors. IV. At every meeting he shall read the minutes of the preceding meeting at length, and then the parts thereof respecting business referred to that meet- ing in the order they stand. ti A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF CHAP.HL V. He shall cause the treasurer's accounts, the re- port to the legislature,. and the annual state of the Hospital, to be regularly copied in the minutes. SECTION IV. The Visiting Committee. I. They shall attend regularly, two days in each week, at the Hospital, and at an hour most convenient. II. If either of the committee is not able to at- tend, by reason of indisposition or other cause, he is to request one of the other Governors to attend in his stead. III. As admitting paupers having the venereal dis- order, who have once been cured of the same and been discharged from the Hospital may prevent the Governors from extending the benefits of the Hos- pital to the more deserving part of the community, the committee are therefore not to admit such, un- less the peculiar distress and misery of the applicant may render a deviation from this rule necessary. IV. On every day of their visitation they are to receive from the Steward, a state of the Hospital, containing the number of patients in the house. V. They must keep a book of minutes, and enter therein the names of all such patients as are receiv- ed or discharged, each day of their visitation, and of such other business as may come before them. VI. They are frequently to examine the accounts of the pay patients, and observe that they are duly and timely collected, and to give such orders and establish such regulations in order to carry into effect the design of the establishment, as they may think THE NEW-YORK HOSPITAL. proper, provided no such orders or regulations are CHAP contrary to any ordinances or regulations established by the board of Governors. VII. When an applicant for admission has been examined by a physician or surgeon, or in their ab- sence by the apothecary or house surgeon, and is thought a fit object to be received as a patient, the committee are to judge if the existing circumstances of the Hospital are such as to render it convenient to admit him, and will either direct the superintendant to receive him as a pauper, or pay-patient, or they will refuse him admittance, as to them may seem most proper; and if he is admitted as a pay-patient, they are to agree for the price to be paid per week, taking security according to the printed form. VIII. In cases where it may appear that a pay- patient cannot afford to pay the full price ordered by the board, the committee may make such abate- ment as they make think reasonable, taking care to enter such particular cases in their minutes. IX. After serving a month, the committee are to ex- hibit to the next monthly meeting a report of their proceedings, together with the superintendant's state of the Hospital during the month they have served. X. They are to enquire of the physicians and surgeons, or in their absence, of the apothecary or house surgeon, on each visiting day, if any patients are deemed incurable, or in a condition to leave the Hospital, in order that they may be discharged, and that no improper objects be suffered to remain. XL They are frequently to examine the state of the library,—to see# that the librarian strictly con- forms to the duty assigned him by the rules; and they are to be satisfied by inspecting the printed ca- talogue, if any books are lost, and in such case to take care that they are paid for, or replaced, A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF in. agreeably to the printed rules for the preservation of the library. XII. They are to have the general charge and care of the property and concerns of the Hospital; and are frequently to remind the superintendant, and all the officers of the house, of the necessity of atten- tion, economy, cleanliness, and good management in the discharge of their several duties. XIII. If in their opinion, it would be proper to call a meeting of the Governors, in order to take up any special business, they must inform the president (or in his absence the vice-president) and with his advice and approbation, they may direct the secretary to call a meeting. XIV. If any patient misbehave by going out with- out leave, getting drunk, swearing, or be guilty of other disorderly conduct, the committee may dis- charge him if they think it expedient. XV. They must take care that the patients in each ward are supplied with Bibles and such other religious books as they may deem suitable. XVI. They ought to visit the wards at least once in every week, and observe the behaviour of the su- perintendant, matron, and nurses towards the patients; to examine particularly and closely as to the cleanli- ness of the wards, halls and apartments, the frequent washing of the floors, the quality of the bread, and Other provisions, whether the patients are allowed a sufficient quantity, and whether they are regu- larly attended by the physicians and surgeons, and remark if the nurses are attentive and treat them with tenderness; they ought also to consider whether any improvements can be made for the greater comfort and convenience of the patients, and to enter these and any other observations relative to the objects of their charge, in their minutes. THE NEW-YORK HOSPITAL. XVII, The committee may direct the superinten- dant to give some aid in money, or clothes, to pa- tients, who from circumstances of peculiar distress or extreme poverty, may seem to require assistance at the time of their discharge : great discretion however is requisite in affording aid, lest it should encourage im- proper or too frequent applications for such relief. SECTION v. The Physicians and Surgeons. I. One physician and one surgeon shall attend every day, (and oftener when any urgent case shall require peculiar and sedulous attention) to visit and prescribe for the sick; to examine those who may present themselves to be admitted as patients, and to give their opinion of their cases to the visiting committee, as may be required. II. If a physician or surgeon is prevented from attending his duty at the Hospital, he must engage some other physician or surgeon belonging to the Hospital to attend for him. III. No capital operation (except in cases of im- mediate and extreme necessity) shall be performed without a previous consultation between, at least, two physicians and two surgeons, and to which nil the physicians and surgeons belonging to the Hospital shall be invited. IV, No persons shall be admitted to see the prac- tice of the Hospital, without the consent of the fa- culty. V. The physicians and surgeons are to pay particu- lar attention to the discharging the patients, as soon as their cases will admit, and to inform the apothe- cary of it without delay. A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF VI. They are to require of the apothecary to keep a fair account (in a book provided for that purpose) of the several patients under the care of each of them and of their respective diseases, and to enter in the said book the recipes or prescriptions they may make for each patient. VII. They may recommend patients to be admit- ted in the same manner as the Governors, but no pa- tients shall be received or admitted unless by the visit- ing committee, except in cases of sudden accidents or some extraordinary and urgent necessity, where great inconvenience might arise from delay:—but in all such cases, information must be early given to the visiting committee for their approbation whether the patient shall remain or not. VIII. One physician and one surgeon are requir- ed to examine all bills for medicine previous to the payment of them. IX. No drugs or medicines shall be purchased without a written order, entered in a book kept for that purpose, by the attending physician or surgeon. X. It shall be the duty of the apothecary and house surgeon to see all the directions and prescrip- tions of the physicians and surgeons complied with. XL Previous to the publication of the annual report, the names of the diseases of the several patients shall be corrected, and the table of cases, and their termination, methodized by a committee, to consist of one physician and one surgeon, at least, to be appointed for that purpose. XII. The visiting physician and surgeon shall report in writing, to the Governors, at the first monthly meeting after their tour of attendance is finished, the general condition of the Hospital du- ring their visitation, and whether the nurses have, THE NEW-YORK HOSPITAL. with humanity and kindness, attended to the wants CHAP of the sick, ana* whether the cleanliness of the house has been strictly maintained, with any other remarks respecting the suitable accommodation, pro- vision, bedding, &c. and the general welfare of the patients. SECTION VI. The Students. I. Students admitted to see the practice of the house, shall only attend at the hours of prescription or ope- ration, and shall behave themselves respectfully to the physicians, surgeons, superintendant and matron, and with decency and propriety to the patients, and if any are guilty of profane swearing, loose behaviour, or indecent and unmannerly conduct, or do not con- form in all things to the rules of the Hospital, it shall be the duty of the superintendant to report such offender, or offenders, to the visiting committee, in order that they may be deprived of the advantage of attending the Hospital. II. No student shall have access to the clinical ward or wards, during the period that clinical lec- tures are delivered, unless he shall have first taken a ticket from the clinical lecturer, or professor. III. Students not under the care of the physicians or surgeons of the Hospital, must pay the treasurer tea dollars for the first year, and five dollars for each succeeding year, before they are admitted to visit the Hospital, or to have the use of the libra- ry,—which money is to be laid out, with the advice of the physicians and surgeons, in the purchase of books for the medical library and museum. A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF IV. Students under the care of tfye physicians and surgeons, are permitted to visit the Hospital without paying the customary fee. SECTION VII. The Apothecary and House Surgeon. I. The apothecary and house surgeon are to visit the wards every morning and evening, and be prepared to report a state of the patients to the visiting physicians and surgeons. II. No medicines, wine or spirits, shall be dis- pensed to patients without direction from the physicians or surgeons (except in cases of emergency.) III. The apothecary and surgeon must not be absent at the usual hours of attendance of the physicians or sur- geons ; and whenever they go out, they must leave no- tice with the superintendant, or matron, where they may be found : they must be in the Hospital at a season- able hour in the evening, and not sleep out of the house. IV. They must inform the visiting committee of such patients as are, in the opinion of the physicians or surgeons, deemed incurable, or in a condition to leave the Hospital. V. The apothecary shall inspect the medicines that are used in the house: it shall be his duty to report in writing to the visiting committee, if any of the medicines supplied should not be good, or are extravagantly charged ;—and the committee will make such order thereon as they may think proper. VI. The apothecary or house surgeon shall not practice out of the Hospital, or attend to any other business than that of the Hospital, unless, with the approbation of the visiting committee, to THE NEW-YORK HOSPITAL. such out-door patients as may be under the special CHAP care of the Hospital. VII. The apothecary must keep a particular ac- count of all drugs, medicines, instruments, &c. re- ceived into the Hospital, when received, from whom, and the price. VILI. When the visiting committee, or any of the Governors attend, the apothecary and the house sur- geon shall immediately withdraw themselves from the Governors' room, and if called in for the purpose of being asked any questions by the Governors, they must, immediately after such queries are answered, withdraw from the room. SECTION VIII. The Superintendant. I. Under the direction of the visiting committee, the superintendant is to purchase fuel, provisions, and all o- ther stores (except medicines) for the use of the Hospital. II. He is to keep under his key, all stores, wines* spirits, sugar, molasses, linen and blanketing, not made up, and all other necessaries, of which any quanti- ty is purchased, and to deliver to the apothecary, house surgeon, or matron, weekly, or at shorter in- tervals, such quantities as he may think proper. III. He is to oversee all workmen employed in repairs, &c. and keep an account of the time each person is employed. IV. He is to take charge of the garden and see that it is kept in order. V. He is to take care of the doors, and see that the outer gates are always locked at a seasonable hour in the evening. A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF "■ VI. No patients shall be allowed to go out of the Hospital, without his permission. VII. He is to visit every ward, at least every morning and evening, and oftener if necessary. VIII. He must not enter in the books of admis- sion, the name of any person as a patient, until the name of such patient is entered in the visiting com- mittee's book of minutes.—He is not to receive any patients into the Hospital, unless agreeably to the rules and regulations established by the Governors. IX. On the last day of each month, he must make a return to the visiting committee of the state of the Hospital, containing the names of the pa- tients, when admitted, discharged, or deceased. X. He shall have liberty to engage the nurses and servants to be employed in or about the Hos- pital, and to discharge such of them as may be guilty of swearing, drunkenness, or other bad conduct, or of clandestinely bringing spirituous liquors into the house for the use of themselves or the patients, and he is to report the same to the visiting committee. XI. He must take particular care that no- wine or spirits are used in the Hospital, except by the ex- press direction of the physicians or surgeons, for the use of the patients. XII. He must have the Hospital completely white- washed every spring and autumn. XIII. Every ward must be whitewashed four feet from the floor upwards, once in winter, and at least once m each of the months of July, August, Septem- ber and October. XIV. He must appoint a patient in each ward, of the most sober character, to read the Bible to the THE NEW-YORK HOSPITAL. other patients, agreeably to the 13th rule respecting CHAP patients. XV. When a patient is discharged, his name must be entered in the book provided for that purpose, and be mentioned as cured, relieved, or incurable. XVI. On the decease of a patient, he must en- ter his name and time of his decease. XVII. If any patient curses or swears, or any way misbehaves or violates the rules or regulations of the Hospital, or disobeys his orders, he must report in writing, such delinquents to the visiting committee. XVIII. When a patient dies, leaving clothes or any articles of value, he must report the same to the visiting committee, who are to make a minute in their book of such report, and give him the neces- sary directions. SECTION IX. The Matron. I. The Matron must visit the wards every day, and see that they are properly attended by the nurses. II. The Matron shall oversee all the female pa- tients and servants, take care that the wards, chambers, beds, clothes, linen, and other things within the Hospital be kept clean, and to that end all the said patients and servants must be submissive and obedient to her. III. She must also take care of all the house- hold goods and furniture. SECTION x. The Patients. I. Application for admission into the Hospital, 34 A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF CHAP.ni. must be made in the first instance to one of the go- vernors, physicians, or surgeons, who, if they think proper, will give a recommendation directed to the visiting committee, to whom it must be presented at the Hospital on the days of their visitation, except for pay-patients or those who may have special or- ders ; and after their complaints are examined by the physicians or surgeons, the visiting committee will either direct the Superintendant to admit them, or they will refuse them admittance. II. No patients shall be admitted whose cases are judged incurable, lunaticks excepted, nor any whose cases do not require the particular conveniences of an Hospital. III. No person having the small-pox or meazles, shall be admitted until there are proper apartments prepared for the reception of such as are afflicted with those diseases. IV. Sick women having young children, shall not be received with their children (excepting when the child and mother are both patients) that the Hos- pital may not be burthened with their maintenance, fior the patients disturbed with their noise. V. Citizens in the state of New-York, not resid- ing in the city and county of New-York, desirous of being admitted into the Hospital, must be recommend- ed by a justice of the peace and an overseer or over- seers of the poor in the township wherein they reside; and it is requested that cases of their diseases, drawn up by a physician or surgeon, be sent with them. VI. Patients shall be admitted at such rates as may be agreed for, and the monies arising from the boarding and nursing such patients shall be paid to the treasurer for the use of the Hospital: and all such patients must give security: patients unable to pay for their board and maintenance, are received as paupers at the discretion of the visiting committee. THE NEW-YORK HOSPITAL. VII. They must not swear, curse, get drunk, CHAP behave rudely or indecently,—and for any such mis- conduct the Superintendant (if he thinks fit) may confine them, and make report thereof to the visit- ing committee, who will discharge the offender if they think proper. VIII. No patients shall presume to play at cards, dice or any other game of hazard within the Hos- pital, or to beg any where in the city of New-York, on pain of being discharged for irregularity. IX. Such pauper-patients as are able, in the opi- nion of the physicians and surgeons, shall assist in nursing others, washing and ironing the linen, wash- ing and cleaning the rooms, and such other service as the Superintendant or matron shall require. X. No spirituous liquors shall be brought into the Hospital, or used by any patient, unless by order or consent of one of the physicians or surgeons. XL No patient shall enter the kitchen, or any of the servants' apartments, under any pretence what- ever, unless by order of the Superintendant or matron. XII. The male patients shall not go into the wo- men's apartments or wards, nor the female patients into the men's. XIII. On the first day of every week, at 10 o'clock in the morning, and at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, a patient in each ward (to be' appointed for that pur- pose by the Superintendant) shall read to the patients some chapters in the Bible, who are desired to attend thereto with decency and sobriety; and it k also recommended to the patients, that, as far as circunt- stances will permit, they frequently attend'to reading the Holy Scriptures on other days of the week. XIV. No patient shall be permitted to smoke in the house, unless by consent of the physician or surgeon. A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF SECTION XI. Mode of Admission. Application must be made in the first instance to one of the Governors, Physicians or Surgeons, who, if they think proper, will give them the following recommendation, viz. New-York, Day of 18 I recommend to be admitted into the New-York Hospital, if appears to you a proper object, after shall be examined by the Physicians or Surgeons. To the visiting committee^ of the New-York Hospital, > N. B. If the patient's case requires immediate admittance, a Governor or a Plrysician is to subscribe the following directions : " The Superintendant is de- sired to receive the bearer until the visiting committee attends." These certificates must be presented to the visiting committee, who will either direct the Superintendant to receive them, or they Will refuse them admittance, as they may think proper. The applicant must attend at the Hospital on the third or sixth days of the week, and be examined by the attending physician or surgeon, who will in- quire into the nature of their disorder, and report it to the visiting committee. THE NEW-YORK HOSPITAL. 37 CHAP. IH. SECTION XII. Form of Security for Pay-Patients. being admitted a Patient into the New-York Hospital, at request, I, A. B. residing at No. Street, do hereby promise to provide with clothing suf- ficient for use while there!—to pay the Trea- surer of said Hospital per week, for board, during continuance there ; to cause to be removed when discharged, and to pay the ex- pence of burial, if die there. Witness hand, the Day of 18 SECTION XIII. The Lying-in Ward. ARTICLE I. Rule 1. One or more female pupils may be admitted on the recommendation of the Governors of this or the Lying-in Hospital, or Physicians of the Hos- pital, with consent of the visiting committee, for the purpose of receiving instructions in the art of midwifery; to remain in the house during the plea- sure of the Governors; and, at the time of.her or their admission, to pay into the hands of the Trea- surer two dollars per week, as a compensation to defray the expences of her or their support incur- red by the house. 2. The Physicians of the Hospital shall be at liberty to admit a number, not exceeding two male pupils, to see the practice of the house; no more however than one at a time, of such who are thus privileged, is to be admitted at any delivery. 38 A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF CHAP. III. ARTICLE 11. The Visiting Committee. Rule 1. The visiting committee are to admit such applicants as they shall judge proper objects of the Hospital, the applicant producing a recommendation from one of the governors or physicians of the Hos- pital, or from one of the subscribers of the Lyingrin Hospital; and if the, circumstances of the applicant do not enable her to pay for her board, they will either receive her as a pauper, or refuse her admittance, as they niay think proper. 2. They are to record in the visiting committee's minutes the names of the applicants, and of the re- commending subscribers. S. They are to visit at least once a week, the lying- in ward, to see if it is preserved cleanly and in good order, and that the patients are provided with every thing necessary for their comfort, consistent with the object of the establishment. 4. They are to inquire of the Apothecary, on the visiting days, if any of the patients are in a condition to leave the lying-in ward, or if there are any who conduct in a disorderly manner, that they may be discharged, and that no improper object re- main. ARTICLE III. The Physicians. Rule 1. The Physicians are to visit the lying-in ward at least once in each week, and oftener if ne- cessary. 2. No persons shall be admitted to see the prac- tice of the ward, without their consent. / THE NEW-YORK HOSPITAL. 39 3. The physicians are to direct the apothecary in CHAP. in. the purchase and administration of the necessary me- dicines in the lying-in ward. ARTICLE IT. The Apothecary and House Surgeon. Rule 1. One of them is to visit the lying-in ward every day, to be constantly prepared to give an ac- count of the state of the patients to the physicians or to the visiting committee. 2. To deliver the women received in the ward by turn, that is to say, one time the apothecary, and the next time the house surgeon, where the labour is natural; and to prescribe for the sick in ordinary cases during the absence of the physicians: but when any thing extraordinary occurs, they are to inform the attending physician, that he may, if necessary, give attendance. 3. The Apothecary is regularly to record in a book to be provided for that purpose, every deli- very, and every attendance of the physicians in ex- traordinary cases. 4. The Apothecary is to inform the visiting com- mittee of the state of the lying-in ward, and report to them such patients as, in the opinion of the at- tending physician, may be discharged. article r. The Nurse of the Lying-in Ward. Rule 1. She must take the utmost care for the preservation of cleanliness and decency in the lying- in ward. 2. She is to be present at the delivery of all 40 A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF CHAP. in. the patients, and to have in readiness every thing necessary for the comfort of mother and child. ARTICLE VI. The Patients. Rule 1. Application for admission into the lying- in ward, is to be made to any one of the Gover- nors of the New-York Hospital, or of the physicians, or of the subscribers for the lying-in Hospital, of which the visiting committee is to be furnished with a iist.—This recommendation is to be presented to the visiting committee on their visiting days, at which time the committee will receive or refuse said appli- cation, as they think proper. 2. If the situation of the applicant be such, that she cannot postpone her appUcation until the stated visiting days, she may be admitted, by getting a ticket of admission signed by one of the members of the visiting committee; of which act, informa- tion must be given to the other members at the next visiting day. 3. No patient having the venereal disease shall be admitted into the lyihg-in ward, except under such extraordinary circumstances as shall be satisfactory to the members of the visiting committee. 4. No unmarried woman shall be admitted as a pauper, except under such extraordinary circumstances as shall be satisfactory to the members of the visit- ing committee. 5. No patient is to remain in the house longer than four weeks after delivery, or in case the lying- in ward be top much crowded, longer than such a period of time as the visiting committee shall judge necessary ; and in case of sickness, the physicians may order their removal into another ward. THE NEW-YORK HOSPITAL. 6. Such patients as are able shall assist in nurs- ing others, in washing and cleaning the rooms, and such other services as the nurse may require. 7. Every pay-patient admitted into the ward, upon her admission is either to pay into the hands of the superintendant four dollars per week to be paid in advance, or she is to deliver sufficient security for the payment of it according to the following form. A. B. being admitted into the lying-in ward of the New-York Hospital at her request, I, C. D. do hereby promise to provide her with clothing suf- ficient for her and her child's use, while there; to pay the treasurer of said Hospital four dollars per week for her board during her continuance there, and in case of her, or her child's death, to be at the expence of the funerals. At a meeting of the Governors on the seventh day of the Second Month (Feb.) 1804, Resolved, That so much of the Bye-Laws as relates to the discharge of Incurable Patients, is not intended to extend to Seamen placed in this Hospital, under the protection of the Government of the United States. G A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF CHAP. IV. RULES AND ORDERS CONCERNING THE LIBRARY. I. JL HE Apothecary shall be the Librarian. II. The Librarian shall keep an accurate cata- logue of the books, which shall specify the title, au- thor, size, and number of volumes of each work. III. Every work in the library shall be number- ed both by a label on the back of each volume, expressive of the number, and by the same number within the volume,~and on the title page of each volume shall be written, " The property of the New- York Hospital." IV. No books shall be lent out of the library (ex- cept to the Governors, Physicians and Surgeons of the Hospital) but on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. V. The Librarian is not authorised to lend out books to any person except to the Governors, Physicians, Sur- geons, Apothecary and House Surgeon of the Hospital, and to such students of medicine as are regularly admit- ted agreeably to the rules of the house to see the practice thereof (except as herein after provided.) VI. The Governors, Physicians, and Surgeons, may take out a single volume, or a complete work, consisting of several volumes; but of voluminous collections of distinct papers, they can take out a single volume only at a time. VII. No Student of medicine or other person, ex- THE NEW-YORK HOSPITAL. cept as before excepted, can take out more than CHAP one volume of any work at a time. VIII. Folios may be kept out four weeks, Quartos three, Octavos and Duodecimos two weeks. IX. No Student can take out a work, or single vo- lume of any work, without leaving with the Librarian a deposit in money of not less than one third more than the actual value of the work, or the following security to be given by some respectable permanent resident in the city, viz.—I, residing at No. street, do hereby engage to make good all damages sustained by 's use of the books of the Hospital Library.—This rule does not extend to certain medical collections hereafter enumerated, in respect to which the deposit shall have relation only to the volume taken out. When an}' misunderstand- ing takes place, it is to be referred to the visiting Committee.—-A book shall be provided to contain printed blanks of the following form :—I, have borrowed of the New-York Hospital Library a Book, entitled No. Volume, which I promise to return in Weeks, or to pay the treasurer of the Hospital Dollars, or if the said Book should not be returned within the said time, or be injured or defaced, to pay such sum as in such cases are directed to be paid, agreeably to the Laws of the Hospital for preserving the Books in the Library, day of 18 Returned, day of 18 X. Twenty-five cents a week shall be paid for every Volume kept beyond the time herein specified. If the Volume be not returned within three months, it is to be considered as lost, and the deposit is forfeited to the Library, or the security becomes accountable for its loss, with the fine incurred. XL If any person shall lose a Volume or Volumes of any set of Books, the remainder of the set shall be deli- 44 A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF CHAP.IV. vered to him on his substituting a new set. In case this be not done, his deposit is to be forfeited, and the mutilated set is to be retained in the Library. XII. When any damage happens to a Book, the Librarian is to notice and report it to the visiting Com- mittee of Governors, who are to determine the fine to be paid by the borrower. XIII. Those Books marked thus * in the Catalogue, can only be read in the Library. XIV. All fines and forfeitures are to be appropriated to the use of the Library. The Librarian is to keep an account of the same, which he is to render monthly to the visiting Committee, and pay the sums so collected to their order. XV. Any person making a Donation of Twenty-five Dollars for the benefit of the Library, or of Books con- nected with medicine to that amount, shall be entitled to the use of the whole collection under the same regu- lations as relate to students of medicine. The visiting committee have the right of extending the privilege. XVI. The Apothecary, on leaving the House, shall account for the Library to the visiting Committee of Governors, or Committee of Physicians and Surgeons appointed for the Inspection of the Library. XVII. All Students, other than those under the particular care of the Physicians and Surgeons of the Hospital, shall pay for admission to see the practice of the House, and for the use of the Library, ten Dollars for the first year, and five Dollars for each succeeding year, which money shall be appropriated to the increase of the Library. XVIII. Students, under the particular care of the Physicians and Surgeons, shall not be subjected to the foregoing regulations. THE NEW-YORK HOSPITAL. 44 The Medical Collections, referred to in the 9th Arti- CHAP.IV. cle of rules for the preservation of the Library, are— Medical Commentaries and Annals of Medicine. Physical Essays of Edinburgh. Medical Essays of Edinburgh. Medical Observations and Enquiries of London. Memoir of all Medical and Philosophical Societies, &c. Medical and Physical Journals, Repositories. Reviews, Magazines, &c. When a volume of any of these works is taken out, the deposit is to be five Dollars for an octavo Volume, ten Dollars for a quarto. A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF CHAP. V. CATALOGUE OF THE BOOKS. Folio. 1. JHLLBINI Bernardi Siegfried. Explicatio Tabularum Anatomicarum, Bartholomii Eustachi. Leida?. Batav. 1744. 2. Boneti Theophili, Sepulchretum, sive Anatomia Prac- tica. Tom. 2. Geneva?, 1700. 3. Dureti Ludovici, Comment, in Coacas Hippocratis. Geneva?, 1665. 4. Diemerbroeck de Isbrandi, Opera Omnia, Anatomi- ca et Medica. Ultrajecti, 1685. 5. Ettmulleri Michaelis, Opera Omnia. Tom. 3. Francofurt. 1696. 6. Fallopii Gabrielis, Opera Omnia. Francofurt. 1600. 7. Fabricii Hieronymi, ab Aquapendente, Opera Chi- rurgica. Tom. 2. Lugdun. Batav. 1723. 8. Galeni, Epitome, Operum. Lugdun, 1643. 9. Hoffmani Friderici, Opera Omnia, Physico Medica. Tom. 11. Geneva?, 1748. 10. Hippocratis, Opera Omnia. Geneva?, 1657. 11. Do. Do. Tom. 2. Francofurt. 1595. 12. Malpighii Marcelli, Opera Omnia. Tom. 2. Lond. 1697. 13. Pisonis Nicolai, Medici Lotharingi, Opera, Franco- furt. 1580. 14. Riverii Lazari, Opera Medica Omnia. Lugdun, I69O. 15. Schenckii Ioannis, Observationum Medicarum Rari- orum, libr. 7. Lugdun, 1643. 16. Vesalii Andrea?, Opera Omnia Anatomica et Chi- rurgica. Tom. 2. Lugdun, Batav. 1725. 17. Hunter, William, Anatomy of the human gravid uterus, exhibited in figures. Birmingham, 1774. 18. Motherby, G. M. D. Medical Dictionary, Edit. 5. Lond. 1801. THE NEW-YORK HOSPITAL. 47 19. Monro, Alexander, Observations on the Stmcture CHAP. V. and Functions of the Nervous System, with plates. Edin. 1783. 20. Do. Description of the Bursa? Mucosa?, with Tables. Edin. 1788. 21. Alpini Prosperi de Medicina Methodica. Lugdun, 1719. Quarto. 22. Albini Bernadi Siegfried. Icones Ossium Foetus Humani. Leida?, 1737. 23. Alpini Prosperi Medicina iEgyptiorum. Lugdun, 1718. 24. Albini B. S. Historia Musculorum Hominis. Leida?, 1734. 25. Baglivi Georgii, Opera Omnia, Medico Practica et Anatomica. Antwerp, 1715. 26. Bellini Laurentii de Urinis et Pulsibus. Francofurt. 1685. 27. Do. Do. Exercitationes Anatomica? dua? de Structura et Usu Renum et de Gustus Organo. Lugdun, 1726. 28. Barbette Pauli, Opera Omnia Medica Chirurgica et Anatomica. Geneva?, 1704. 29. Bauhini Caspari, Index Theatri Botanici. Basilea?, 1671. SO. Bohnii D. Ioannis, Circulus Anatomico Physio- logicus. Lipsia?, 1710. 31. Borelli I. A. de motu-animalium. Lugdun, 1685. 32. Bell, John, Principles of Surgery. Edin. 1801. 33. Bell, Charles, Engravings of the Brain. Lond. 1802. - 34. Do. Do. Engravings of the Arteries. Lond. 1801. 35. Bail lie, Matthew, Engravings. Lond. 1799, 1st vol. do. do. Morbid Anatomy. Lond. 1793^ 36. Blane on Muscular Motion. Lond. 1788. 37. Brugman's Antonii Magnetismus. Lugdun, 1778. S8. Castelli Bartholoma?i, Lexicon Gra?co-Latinum. Geneva?, 1746. 39. Conringii, Hermanni, Introductio in Universam Artem Medicam. Lipsia?, 1726. A BRIEF ACCOUNT QF • v. 40. Chesneau, Nicolai, Observationes Medicse. Lugdun, 1719. 41. Cmikshank, William, Anatomy of the Absorbing Vessels. Lond. 1790. 42. Cheyne on Diseases of Children. Edin. 1801. 43. Disputatio Medica Inauguralis, D. Petri Burmani. Lugdun, Batav. 1719- 2 Copies. 44. Disputatio Medica Inauguralis, I. F. Schuman. Lugdun, 1718. 45. Dissertationes Medica?. Tom. 4. Lugdun. 1711. 46. Dissertatio Philosophica Dyonysii van de Wyn- persse. Groninga?, 1759. 47. Des Cartes, Opera Philosophica. Amstelodam, 1664. 48. Dalei, Samuelis, Pharmacologia. London, 1737. 49. De Goiter Compendium Medicina?. Lugdun, 1731. ,50. Diemerbroeck de Peste. Amsteleedam, 1665. 51. Darwin's Zoonomia, vol. 2. Lond. 1794. 52. Do. Botanic Garden. Lond. 179*. 53 Fernelii, Iohannis, Universa Medicina. Traject. 1656. 54,< Fontani, Ioannis, Anatomica. Augusta, 1711. 55. Fracassini, Antonii, Opuscula Pathologica. Lipsia?, . 1758. 56. Fothergill's Works. Lond. 1784. 57. Falconer on Climates. Lond. 1781. 58. Goelicki, Historica Anatomica. Francofurt. 1738. 59- Grotius de Jure Natura?. Haga. 1667. 60. Gregory's Memorial. Edinb. 1800. 6l. Hofmanni, Caspari de Medicamentis Officinalibus. Lugdun, 1738. 2 Copies. 62. Halleri, Alberti, Elementa Physiologia?, Tom. 8. Lausanna?, 1757- 63. Do. Do. Disputationes ad Historiam et Cu- rationem Morborum, Tom. 7. Lausanna?, 1757. 64. Heister's Surgery. Lond. 1743. 65. Howard on Lazarettos. Lond. 1791. 66. Hunter on the Teeth. Lond. 1778. 67. Do. on the Animal CEconomy. Lond. 1786. 68. Do. Medical Commentaries. Lond. 1777. 69. Hosack on Vision. New-York. 70. Heberden on the Plague. Lond. 1801. 71. Hill on Oxygen, Part 1. Lond. 1801. THE NEW-YORK HOSPITAL. 72. Junkeri loannis, Conspectus Chemia?. Hala?, 1730. 73. Jenner and Woodville on Cow-pox. Lond. 1800. 74. Kerckrinaji, Opera Omnia Anatomica. Lugdun. 1717- 75. Lancisii, Historia Epidemia? Rheumatica?. Roma?, 1711. 76. Lanzoni, Opera Omnia. Lausana?, 1738. 77. Lindenius de Scriptis Medicis. Norimberg, 1686. 78. Lyrer H. G. Dissertatio Medica Inauguralis de Usu Sudoriferorum. Lugdun. 1718. 79. Memoires de l'Academie Royale de Chirurgie. Tom. 5. Paris, 176l. 80. Malebrancius de Inquisitione Veritatis. Tom. 2. Geneva, 1753. 81. Musschenbroek Introductio ad Philosophiam Na- turalem. Tom. 2. Lugdun, Batav. 1762. 82. Do. Tintamina Experimentorum Natur- alium. Lugdun. Batav. 1731. 83. Musgrave de Arthritide. Geneva, 1715. 84. Margravii Prodromus Medicma? Practica?. Lugdun. 1685. 85. Memoirs of the American Academy. Boston, .1st vol. 1785. 86. Morgagni on diseases. 3 vols. Lond. 1769. 87. M3. Fowler's Medical Reports. Lond. 1795. 204. Falck on the Venereal Disease. Lond. 1772. 205. Fuller's Pharmacopia. Lond. 1714. 206. Fothergill's Works, 3 vols. Lond. 1783. 207. Falconer's Essay on the Plague. Bath, 1801. 208. Gooch's Surgery, 3 vols. Lond. 1792. 209. Gaubius's Pathology. Edin. 1778. 210. Greive's Celsus. Lond. 1756. 211. Gardiner on the Animal CEconomy. Edin. 1784. 212. Do. on the Gout. Edin. 1792. 213. Gren's Chemistry, 2 vols. Lond. 1800. 214. Gravesande's Elements of Natural Philosophy. 2 vols. Lond. 1737- 215. Geoffroy's Treatise on Fossil, Vegetable, and Ani- mal Substances. Lond. 1736. 216. Do. on foreign Vegetables. Lond. 1749. 217. Gamctt's Annals of Philosophy, vol. 1st. Lond. 1801. 218. Gaubii Formulas Medicamentomm. Lugdun. 1752. 219. Do. Pathologia. Leid. 1758. 220. Glissonii Anatomia Hepatis. Londoni. 1654. 221. Hull on the Cesarean Operation. Manchest. 1801. 222. Heberden on the history and cure of Diseases. Lond. 1802. 223. Huxham on Air and Epidemic Diseases. 2 vols. Lond. 1759. 224. Do. on Fevers. Lond. 1775. 225. Hunter on the Blood, 2 vols. Philad. 1796. 226. Do. on the Venereal Disease. Philad. 1791- 227. Do. on the Diseases of the army in Jamaica. Lond. 1788. 228. Hutton on Light, Heat and Fire. Edin. 1794. 329. Home's Medical Facts and Experiments. Lond. 1759, 54 A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF CHAP. v. 230. Haller's Physiology. Edin. 1786. 231. Do. Pathological Observations. Lond. 1756. 232. Hewson on the Blood and Lymphatic System. 2 vols. Lond. 1780. 233. Home's Clinical Experiments. Lond. 1783. 234. Harris on the Diseases of Infants. Lond. 1742. 235. Haygarth on innoculation of the Small Pox. 2 vols. Lond. 1793. 236. Hillary on Diseases of Barbadoes. Lond^ 1766. 237. Hale's Staticks, 2 vols. Lond. 1738. 238- Haygarth's Medical Translations. 4 vols. Lond. 1801. 239. Hufeland on the Art of prolonging Life. 2 vols. Lond. 1797. 240. Hull's Phlegmatia Dolens. Manchester, 1800. 241. Hall on Infected Air. London, 1802. 242. Hippocrates' Aphorisms, by C. J. Sprengeil. Lond. 1708. 243. living's Experiments on Peruvian Bark. Edin. 1785. 244. Jackson on Sympathy. Lond. 1781. 245. Do. the Skin. Lond. 1792. 246. Do. Fever. Edin. 1798. 247. James's Treatise on Tobacco, Tea, Coffee, and Chocolate. Lond. 1746. 248. Ingenhouz's Experiences de Physique, 1785. 249- Do. do. sur les Vegetaux. Tom 2. Paris, 1787. 250. Kirwan on Acids. Lond. 1789- 251. Kite's Medical Essay. Lond. 1795. 252. Kirkland's Surgery, 2 vols. Lond. 1783. 253. Lyson's Practical Essay. Bath, 1783. 254. Lewis's Materia Medica, 2 vols. Lond. 1791. 255. Lind on Hot Climates. Lond. 1776. 256. Do. on the Scurvy. Lond. 1772. 257. Lavoisier's Chimistry. Edin. 1793. 258. Lettsom's Naturalists Companion. Lond. 1799. 259- Do. Hints on Beneficence, 3 vols. Lond. 1801. t60. Lemprieres on Diseases of Jamaica, 2 vols. Lond. 1799- THE NEW-YORK HOSPITAL. 26l. Leake on Diseases of Women. 2 vols. Lond. CHAP 1792. 262. Lina?i System a Natura?. Tom. 8. Lipsiae, 1788. 263. Do. Ordines Naturales. Hamburgi, 1792. 264. Do. Philosophia Botanica. Berolini, 1780. 265. Do. Species Plantarum. Tom. 2. Holmia?, 1762, 266. Lethieullier Observationes medico-practica?. Pari- siis, 1732. 267. Lecat M. Traite de la Couleur. Amsterdam, 1765. 268. Do. Traite de Mouvement Musculaire. Ber- lin, 1765. 269. Leroux Observations sur partes de Sang. Dijon, 1776. 270. Monro on the Army. 2 vols. Lond. 1780. 271. Do. Chemistry. 4 vols. Lond. 1788. 272. Do. System of An atom v. 3 vols. Edin. 1791. 273. Do. Do. 3 vols. Edin. 1801. 274. Mosely on Tropical Diseases. Lond. 1795. 2 Copies. 275. Mead's Works. Edin. 1775. 276. Maclurg's Experiments upon the Bile. Lond. 1772. 277. Moore's Medical Sketckes. Lond. 1786. 278. Martyn's Botany. Lond. 1794. 279. Medical Pamphlets. Lond. 1762. 280. Moss on Diseases of Children and Lying-in Wo- men. Egham, 1794. 281. McLean's Enquiry into the Mortality of St. Do- mingo. Lond. 1797- 282. Medical Commentaries. 10 vols. 7th vol. missing. Philad. 1793. 283. Medical Observations and Enquiries. 5 vola. Lond. 1757. 284. Medical Transactions of the College of Physicians. Phild. vol. 1. parti. 285. Medical Repository. New-York. 286. Medical Review and Magazine. Lond. 287. Medical and Physical Journal. Lond. 288. Medical Society Memoir, 3 vols. Lond. 1792. 289. Manchester Society Memoirs, 5 vols. Manches- ter, 1793. 56 A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF CHAP. V. 290. Medical and Chirurgical Transactions, 2 vols, Lond. 1793. 291. Do. Do. vol. 1st. 292. Medicina Vindicata. Dublin, 1727. 293. Mead de Peste. Lond. 1723. 294. Martinii G. in Eustachie tabulas Anatomicas com- mentaria. Edin. 1755. \ 295. Maximi Valerii Dictorum factomm que memorabi- lium. Antrerpia?, 1674. 296. Monro de Lymphaticis. Edin. 1770. 297. Nicholson's Chemistry. Lond. 1792. 298. Nisbet on Venereal Diseases. Edin. 1787- 299. Neumann's Chemistry, 2 vols. Lond. 1773. 300. O'Halloran on Cataract. Dublin, 1750. 301. Osborn's Midwifery. Lond. 1795. 302. Pringle on the Army. Lond. 1775. 303. Pole's Anatomy. Lond. 1790. 304. Pott's Works, 3 vols. Lond. 1779- 305. Percival's Essays, 3 vols. Lond. 1777- 306. Priestly on Air, 3 vols. Birming. 1790. 307. Pearson's Principles of Physic. Lond. 1801. 308. Do. Materia Medica. Lond. 1801. SO9. Philosophy of Medicine, 5 vols. Lond. 1799- 310. Perfect's Annals of Insanity. Lond. 1801. 311. Pearson on Vaccine Inoculation. Lond. 1802. 312. Pitcairnii Elementa Medicina?. Lond. 1717. 313. Platneri Institutiones Chirurgise. Leip. 1758. 314. Pharmacopia, Roterodami, 1653. 315. Do. Edinburgensis. 1792. 316. PhysiognomoniaJoannisBaptista?. Hanovi£e,1593< 317. Quin on Dropsy of the Brain. Lond. 1790. 318. Richter on the Cataract. Lond. 1791. 319. Do. Medical Observations. Edin. 1794. 320. Rose's Botany. Lond. I775. 321. Reid on Phthisis Polmonalis. Lond. 1798. 322. Reide on the Army. Lond. 1793. 323. Robertson's Observations on Fevers. Lond. 1789- 324. Rosentein on Children. Lond. 1776. 325. Rush's Enquiries. 4 vols. Philadelphia, 1794. 326. Rogers on Epidemic Diseases. Dublin, 1734, 327. Ring on Cow-Pox. Lond. 1801. THE NEW-YORK HOSPITAL. 328. Rjgby's Essay on Uterine Hemorrhage. Lond. CHAP 1789- 329. Rollo on Diabetes. Lond. 1798. 330. Rohaulti Jacobi Physica. Lond. 1702. 331. Ramundi Lullii Opera. 1651. 332. Sanctorius' Aphorisms. Lond. 1720. 333. Saunders on Mineral Waters. Lond. 1800. 334. Smellie's Philosophy of Natural History. Philad. 1791. 335. Do. Midwifery, 3 vols. Lond. 1779. 336. Sharp's Surgery. Lond. 1784. 337- Scheele's Chymistry. Lond. 1786. 338. Do. on Air and Fire. Lond. 1780. 339- Swediaur on the Venereal Disease. Edin. 1787- 340. Smyth on Jail Fever. Lond. 1795. 341. Skeeteon Peruvian Bark. Lond. 1786. 342. Sydenham's Works, 2 vols. Lond. 1788. 343. Ship Masters Medical Assistant. Lond. 1777. 344. Spallanzani's Dissertations, 2 vols. Lond. 1789- 2 sets. 345. Spencer's Midwifery, 2 vols. Edin. 1784. 346. Saunders on the Liver. Lond. 1795. 347- Spallanzani's Tracts on Animals and Vegetables, Edin. 1799. 348. Do. on the Blood. Lond. 1801. 349. Sparnnan on Children. Lond. 1776. 350. Swediaur de Syphilitiques. Tom. 2. Paris, 1798, 351. Schwencke Hasmatologia. Haga. 1743. 352. Trye on swelling of the lower Extremities. Lond. 1792. 353. Tissot on Bilious Fevers. Lond. 1760. 354. Tracts on Septon. N. Y. 1796. 355. Trotter's Medicina? Nautica, 2 vols. Lond. 1797- 356. Thornton's Facts in favour of the Cow-Pox. Lond. 1802. 357. Theses. Edin. Tom. 11. 1788, 1790, 1792, 1796, 1800, 1801. 358. Tentamen Nosologicum, C. G. Van Den Heu- vell, M. D. Lugdun. 1787. 359. Vaughan's Anatomy, ,2 vols. Lond. 1791- 360. Von Uslar's Observations on Plants. Edin. 1795. I A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF . v. 361. Withering on the Scarlet Fever. Birui. 1793. 362. Ware on the Cataract. Lond. 1791- 363. White's Lying-in Women. Worcester, 1793. 364. Do. Cases in Surgery. Lond. 1770. 365. Walker on the Small-Pox. Lond. 1790. 366. Wintringham's Enquiry into the Animal Structure. Lond. 1740. 367. Woodvilleon Small-Pox. Lond. 1796. 368 Webster on Epidemic Diseases, 2 vols. Lond. 1800. 369. Willich's Lectures. Lond. 1799- 370. AVilson on Fevers, 3 vols. Winchester, 1799- 371. Wintringham C. Commentarium Nosologicum. London, 1733. .°>72. Zimmerman on the Dysentery. Lond. 1774. 373. Do. Treatise on Experience in Physic, 2 vols. Lond 1782. Duodecimo. 374. Aphorismi Novi ex Hippocratis. Lug. 1684. 375. Aphorismi de Cognoandis et curandis Morbis, Paris, 1745. 376. Blasii Miscellanea Anatomica. Amstelodam. 1673. 377. Boerhaave Institutiones Medica?. Edin. 1752. 378. Do. Libellus de Materia Medica. Lugdun. 1727. T , 379. Belloste's Hospital Surgery. Lond. 1713. 380. Coelii de Arte Coquinaria. Amstelodam; 1709- 381. Ca?salpini Speculum Hippocraticum. Francofort. 1605. 382. D'Azyr Danger des Sepultures. Pans, 1778. 383. DeHaen Ratio Medendi, Tom. 10. Paris, 1771. 384. Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle. Tom. 9. Lyon, 1776. _ 385. Dialogus inter Hippocratem Paracilsum et Themi- sonem. Leodici, 1761. 386. Duncan on Mercury in Syphilis. Edin. 1772. 387. Essai sur les Fievres Aigues. Bordeaux, 1762. 388. Fourcroy l'art de Connoitre et d'Employer les Me- dicamens, Tom. 2. Paris, 1785. THE NEW-YORK HOSPITAL. 389- Galeni Commentaria in Aphorismos Hippocratis. CHAP Lugdun. 1633. 39O. Gesneri de Remediis Secretis. 39f. Goulard on Lead. London, 1717. 392. Histoire de l'Academie, Tom. 34. Amsterdam, 1706. 393. Histoire Naturelle des Quadrupedes Oviparcs. Tom. 2. Paris, 1788. 394. Histoire jNaturelle. Tom. 31. Paris, 1752. 395. Heisteri Compendium Anatomicum. Amstelodami, 1733. 396. Haver's Observations on the Bones. Lond. 1691. 397. Do. Observationes de Ossibus. Lugdun. 1734. 398. Jaques des Hermaphrodites. Rouen, 1612. 399- Jackson on Fevers. Philad. 1795. 400. Lieutaud de la Medecine Pratique, 3 vols. Rouen. 1789. 401. Lieutaud Precis de la Matiere Medicale, Tom. 3. Rouen. 1787- 402. Linder de Venenis. * Lugdun. 1708. 403. Lommii Medicinalium Observationum. Edin. 1752. 404. Lower, Tractatus de Corde. Lugdun. 1708. 405. Medical Essays. 6 vols. Edinburgh, 1771. 406. Monro's Osteology, 2 sets. Edin. 1782. 407. Martine on Thermometers. Edin. 1792. 408. NisbetonDiet. London, 1801. 409. Do. Edinburgh School, 4 vols. London, 1802. 410. Nuck Antonii Opera Omnia. Lugdun. 1733. 411. Peyeri Parerga Anatomica. Amstelodami, 1682. 412. Pinard Dissertation sur la Fievre Miliaire Malignc. Rouen, 1747- 413. Pharmacopoeia? Radcliffeanoe. London, 1716. 414. Remedes contre la Peste. Paris, 1721. 415. Riverii Observationes Medica?. Hage, 1656. 416. Russell on Necrosis. Edin. 1794. 417. ReaumurHistoiredeslnsectes.Tom.il. Amster- dam, 1737. 418. Sanctorii de Statica Medicina. Lond. 1701. 419. Stahlii ars Curandi Morbos expectatione. A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF 420. Schomberg Aphorismi Practici. Amstelodami, 1753. 421. Stalpartii Observationum Rariomm. Leida?, 1727. 422. Storck de Cicuta. Vindon. 1761. 423. Sennerti Epitome Institutionum Medicina?. Am- stelodami, 1753. 424. Seaman's Lectures to Women. New-York, 1800. 425. Tissot Traite des Nerfs, Tom. 4. Paris, 1778. 426. Do. L'Onanisme. Lausanne, 1770. 427. Do. de la Sante des Gens de Lettres. Lyon, 1773. 428. Do. de l'Epilepsie. Paris, 1770. 429. Tulpii Observationes Medica?. Amstelodam. 1772. 430. Underwood on Diseases of Children. 3 vols. Lond, 1799- 431. Vanderwiel Observationum rariomm. 432. Wepferi Historia Cicuta? Aquaticae. Lugdun 1733. 433. Watson's Chimical Essays. 5 vols. London, 1793. IMPERFECT WORKS. Quartos. Salbini Academicarum Annotationum. Lib. 3, 5, 6. Acta Natura Curiosanum, vol. 5. Norimberga?r, 1740. Heinsii Theocriti. Octavos. Annales de Chimie, 4th 5th and 6th vols. Paris, 1790. Hippocrates Aphorismi, vol. 2d. Sauvage, Genera Morbomm, 2d Tom. 1768. Astruc on Diseases of Women, 2d vol. Lond. 1742. Martyn's Philosophical History, 1st vol. Lond. 1742 Shaw's Practice of Physic, 2d vol. Lond. 1726. Darwin's Zoonomia, 1st and 2d vols. N. Y. 1798. Duodecimos. Histoire Naturelle des Abeilles, 1st 2d and 4th vols-. Paris, 1744. Aphorismi Hippoc. 2d vol. THE NEW-YORK HOSPITAL. » 60 eaa CHAP. V. Appendix to the Library of the Neiv-Tork Hospital. Whenever the letter P is used, it is meant to denote that the work is periodical. 434. Cullen's Materia Medica, 2 vol. 435. Hunter on the Venereal, 1 do. 436. do. on Animal CEconoiny, 1 do. 437. do. on the Teeth, 1 do. 438. Haller's Phisiologia, 8 do. 439. Johnson's Midwifery, 1 do. 440. Macbride's Introduction, 1 do. 441. Monroe's Works, 1 do. 442. Morgagni on Diseases, 3 do. 443. Whytt's Works, 1 do. 444. Adair on Regimen, 1 do. 445. Ewell's Discourses, 1 do. 446. Barry on Digestion, 1 do. 447. Bland on Parturition, 1 do. 448. Bromfield's Surgery, 2 do. 449. Commentarii de rebus in Scientia Naturali, 15 vol. f 450. Cullen's Nosology, 1 vol. 451. do. Synopsis, 2 do. 452. Denman's Tracts, 1 do. 453. do. Midwifery, 1 do. 454. Fothergill's Works, 1st & 3d vols. 455. Fordyce's Practice of Physic, 1 vol. 456. Gregory's Elements, 1 do. 457. Gooche's Surgery, 3 do. 458. Gren's Chemistry, 2 do. 459. Hillary's Diseases, 1 do. 460. Hamilton's Midwifery, 1 do. 461. Hoffman's Practice of Med. 2 do. 462. Jacquin's Chemistry, 1 do. 463. Kirkland's Medical Enquiries, 2 do. 464. Davie's Chemical Researches, 1 do. 465. Ledran's Observations, 1 do. 466. Medical Commentaries, 18 do. 467. Lettsom's Medical Inquiries, I do. 468. Medical Journal, 2 do. 1799- 61 a A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF CHAP. V. 469. Medical Museum, 3 do. 470. do. Observations, 5 do. 471. do. Transactions of the College of Physici- ans, Philadelphia, P. 472. Osborn's Midwifery, 1 vol. 473. Pott's Works, 3 do. 474. Edinburgh Physical Essays, 3 do. 475. Pearson's Observations, I do. 476. Porterfield on the Eye, 2 do. 477. Richter's Medical Observations, 1 do. 478. Rodgers on Dysentery, 1 do. 479- Van Swieten's Commentaries, .18 do. 480. Whyte's Lying-in Women, 1 do. 481. Zimmerman's Experience, 2 do. 482. Woodville's Medical Botany, 4 do. 483. History of the Tea Tree, 1 do. 484. Tractors pamphlet, 1 do,. 485. Duncan's Annals, 8 do. 486. Alston's Materia Medica, 2 do. 487. M'Bride's Practice of Physic, 1 do. 488. Makittrick's Commentaries, 1 do. 489- Townsend's Guide to Health, 1 do. 490. Lombard's Opuscules Chirurgie, 1 do. 491 • Adams on Poisons, 1 do. 492. Pharmacopeia Edinburgensis, 1 do. 493. Turner's Surgery, 2 do. 494. Gooche's do. 3 do. 495. Le Dran's do. 1 do. 496. White's do. 1 do. 497- Rowley on Female Complaints, 1 do. 498. Scassi de foetu humano, 1 do. 499. Speculations on Impregnation, 1 do. 500. Black on Medicine, 1 do. 501. Leslie on Animal Heat, 1 do. 502. Gardiner on Animal CEconomy, 1 do. 503. Farr on Animal Motion, 1 do. 504. Keils' Anatomy, 1 do. 505. Crawford on Animal Heat, 1 do. 506. Lion on Spine Pedum, 1 do. 507. Monroe on the Burse Mucose, 1 do. D08. Struve on Education, 1 do. THE NEW-YORK HOSPITAL. 509. Shebbear's Practice, 2 do. 510. Valli on Electricity, 1 do. 511. Sauvage's Nosologia, 5 do. 512. Jackson's Remarks, 1 do. 513. Falconer on Bath-Water, 1 do. 514. Russel on the Knee Joint, 1 do. 515. Boerhaave's Prelectiones Academ. 7 do. 516. Fox on the Teeth, I do. 517. Brie on Respiration, 1 do. 518. Blake on the Teeth. 1 do. 519. Burserius' Practice, 5 do. 520. Beddoes' Hygeia, 3 do. 521. Beddoes on Consumption, 1 do. 522. Moore's Materia Medica, 1 do. 523. Aldini's Galvanic Experiments, 1 do. 524. Pringle's Discourses, 1 do. 525. Essays on Cow Pox, 1 do. 526. Cullen's Materia Medica, 1 do. 527. Bostock on Respiration, I do. 528. Barton's Medical 8t Physical Journal, P. 529. Hey's Surgery, 1 do. 530. Wilkinson on Latifolia, 1 do. 531. O'Hallaran on Disorders of the Head, 1 do. 532. Desault's Surgery, 1 do, 533. Domestic Encyclopedia, 5 do. 534. Temple of Nature, 1 do. 535. Jenner on the Cow Pox, I do. 536. Astruck de xMorbis Yenereis, 2 do. 537. Synopsis Methodica, 1 do. 538. Prosper Alpinus, 1 do. 539. Pitcarnii Opuscula, 1 do. 540. Fauna Suessica, 1 do. 541. Belleni De Urinis, 1 do. 542. Alpini Medicina iEgyptiorum, 1 do. 543. Pisonis Observationum, 1 do. 544. Homes' Principia Medicine, 1 do. 545. Traite sur la Carotte, 1 do. 546. American Dispensatory, 1 do. 547. Falk on the Venereal, 1 do. 548. Rees' Cyclopedia, P. 549. Brugmanni Magnetismus, 1 vol. 63 a A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF CHAP. V. 550. Monro de Lymphaticis, 1 do. 551. Leake on Women, 2 do. 552. Clarke on Fever, 1 do. 553. Ricketson on Health, 1 do. 554. Coxe's Medical Museum, P. 555. Black's Lectures, 2 vols. 556. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, P. 557. Bell's Engravings of the Bones, 1 do. 558. do. do. Nerves, 1 do. & ADDITIONAL RULES RESPECTING THE LIBRARY. ALL persons who have books out of the Library and do not conform to the rules of the Hospital, respecting the same, shall be debarred the use of the Library as long as they continue to act contrary to said rules and regulations. Any Physician or Surgeon, whose private student shall take out books in his name, shall be held respon- sible for any default of his student, or such student shall make a deposit as other students do. The Librarian, on entering on the duties of his appoint- ment shall produce a sufficient surety in a sum not ex- ceeding two hundred and fifty dollars, to be approved of by the Visiting Committee, and in such manner as they may direct, which surety shall be responsible for any loss or damage happening by the neglect or mis- conduct of the Librarian. THE NEW-YORK HOSPITAL. 61 The following books can only be read in the CHAP.Vi. Library, viz. Hunter's Plates of the Gravid litems. Motherby's Medical Dictionary. Monro's Observations on the Nervous System, with Plates. Do. Description of the Burse Mucose. Bell's Engravings of the Brain. Do. Do. of the Arteries. C H A P. VI. Account of the number of patients admitted into and discharged from the Xczv-York Hospital, from the frst of the Second Month, (February) 1792, to the thirty-first of the First Month, (January) 1795. Admitted from the first of the Second} Month, (February) 1792, to thef ,O0 thirty-first of the First Month, (Jan- f uary) 1795. 3 DISCHARGED, viz. Cured,........86l Relieved,.......74 Removed at their own and their friends request, ...... 44 Incurable,....... 14 Disorderly,.......33 Eloped,........ 3 Died,........140 1169 Remaining Thirty-first of the First ^ 52 Month, (January) 1795, > 6.'2 A BRIKF ACCOUNT OF Account of the number of patients admitted into and discharg- ed from the New-York Hospital, from the thirty-first of the Fust Month, (January) 1795, to the thirty-first of the Twelith Month, (December) 1803, viz. et a u DISCHARGED. CJ Is 00 s3 o "-1 . c 1< DISEASES. to-" c ^ "o °> 9 -a V < , C 00 3 '" J — — 13 > o 3 o H3 0J 3 ~ <^ «° 3 o 13 6 c ~2 3 5 y Xn Abscess, % 38 40 20 ~~3 Anasarca, 24 24 13 l 8 2 Ascites, 1 85 86 42 id 1 2 4 25 2 Aneurism, 3 3 1 l 1 Asthma, 6 6 o 3 Amenorrhea, 13 13 6 l 4 2 Apoplexy, 6 6 2 4 Burn, 2 45 47 31 3 1 11 1 Catarrh, 4 56 60 45 4 1 4 4 2 Constipation, 5 5 3 2 Cholera Morbus, 14 14 9 1 4 Contusion, 3 74 77 62 5 1 2 2 4 1 Concussion, 6 6 4 1 1 Cataract, 15 15 8 5 1 1 Cholica Pictonum, 12 12 7 1 1 ■3 Cancer, 20 20 11 4 2 2 1 Chorea Sancti Viti, 1 1 1 Calculus, 16 16 11 1 4 Cynanche, 4 . 4 4 Convulsion, 1 1 1 Dyspepsia, 6 97 103 66 13 1 2 14 7 Dysentery, 2 118 120 70 4 1 o 1 36 5 Diarrhoea, 1 65 66 42 6 2 12 4 Dislocations, 21 21 17 1 2 1 Epilepsy, 18 18 8 o 1 1 1 1 4 Enteritis, 2 2 2 Erisepelas, 8 8 6 1 1 Fevers, 11 464 475 322 29 o o 12 100 6 Film, 1 2 j 1 1 1 Fracture, 3 123 126 93 10 1 6 2 13 1 Frost, 9 96 105 80 10 1 3 2 8 1 Fluor Albus, 3 3 3 Gonorrhea, 37 37 22 1 1 1 7 S S Gout, 1 1 1 Herpes, 1 20 21 11 e 1 1 1 ] | 461 151S |l56i 10271126)21] 24 | 50j275| 42 THE NEW-YORK HOSPITAL. 6$ a! 3 DISCHARGED. U Is ^2Q e o ' oc o *t . o ro DISEASES. c ,. C c/} c3 "Zi ittedfr ,1795. , 1803 t3 t5 > < c >> 73 too C 00 '3 *r S «3 to "3 o V u 3 .a c o 1/3 o B 2 x - <;«« c-1 V K 'X 5 fcj Q OS Brought over, 46 1519 1565 1027J126' 21 24 50 275 42 Hosmoptoe, 1 15 16 9 1 5 I Hepatitis, 11 11 6 1 1 o Hernia, 11 11 4 2 1 1 3 Hysteria, 6 6 4 1 1 Hxmorrhages, 6 6 5 1 Hydrothorax, 4 4 o 1 1 Hypochondriasis, 2 2 2 Hydrocele, 1 1 1 Hydrocephelus, 1 1 1 Ischuria, 8 8 5 2 1 Incurvated Spine, 1 1 1 Jaundice, 1 14 15 9 1 1 4 Lumber Abscess, 4 4 1 1 2 Mania, 12 203 215 108 45 15 4 16 16 11 Menorrhagia, 8 8 5 3 Measles, 13 13 10 3 Opthalmia, 2 39 41 25 6 1 2 . 7 Pneumonia, 7 258 265 185 15 1 11 42 11 Puerperal, 1 46 47 36 4 1 1 5 Palsy, 3 42 45 20 10 1 1 1 i 5 Pthisis Pulmonalis, 1 178 179 25 12 1 1 137 3 Pyrosis, 4 4 2 2 Rheumatism, 11 354 365 264 40 10 8 10 10 23 Rachitis, 3 3 2 1 Syphilis, 47 1154 1201 882 79 8 65 75 50 42 Small Pox, 3 25 28 19 1 8 Scurvy, 1 22 23 15 4 1 o Scrophula, 1 23 24 16 4 1 1 2 Sarcocele, 8 8 6 1 1 Splenitis, 3 . 3 2 1 Shingles, 1 1 1 Tinea Capitis, 6 6 5 1 Tetanus, 1 1 1 Tumours, 27 27 19 3 1 2 1 1 Ulcer, 24 616 640 396 81 10 9 86 29 29 Vertigo, 4 4 3 1 Vermes, 3 3 2 1 Wounds, 1 107 108 82 8 1 4 5 6 2 White Swelling, 9 9 6) 3 1 1621 4760)4922 3212 455(7 II123j275[608| 178 A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF VI. RECAPITULATION. Remaining in the Hospital, thirty-first \ r of the First Month, (January) 1803, 3 Admitted from the thirty-first of the First} Month, (January) 1795, to the thirty-f ._«_ first of the Twelfth Month, (Decern-{ 47°° ber) 1803/ 3 ------4922 DISCHARGED, viz.* Cured,......3212 Relieved,.....455 Sent to Almshouse, . . 71 Disorderly,.....123 Eloped,......275 Died,......608 4744 Remaining in the Hospital thirty-first of the "> Twelfth Month, (December) 1803. $ 78 THE NEW-YORK HOSPITAL. 65 Account of the number of patients discharged from the New-York Hospital, from the 31st of the First Month, (January) 1797, to the thirty-first of the Twelfth Month, (December) 180S, who were na- tives of the following places, viz. Asia,......... 2 Africa,........50 America,........ 1895 Algiers,........ 1 Denmark,.......21 England,........406 East-Indies,.......35 France,........41 Germany,.......147 Holland,........40 Ireland,........1088 Italy,.........18 Norway,........ 5 Prussia,........12 Poland,........ 1 Portugal,........23 Russia,........ 4 Scotland,........148 Spain,.........32 Sweden, ........ 30 West-Indies, ......57 Total, 4056 -------■»•*•«>•*■•------ The lectures on the different branches of Medicine in Columbia College, commence on the 2d Tuesday of November, yearly, according to the following arrange- ment : Anatomy and Surgery, by Dr. Post. Midwifery & Clinical Lectures, Dr. Rogers. Theory and Practice of Physic, Dr. Hamersly. Chemistry, Dr. Stringham. Materia Medica, by Dr. Hosack, who delivers a course of lectures on Botany about the 10th of May. K A BRIEF ACCOUNT Of CHAP. VII. At an election held at the Hospital, Fifth Month 17th, 1803, the following members of the corporation of the New-York Hospital were elected governors : John Murray, John B. Provost, John C. Letsom, M. D. London, Hugh Gaine, Robert Bowne, John C. Kunzie, John T. Champlin, Abraham Beach, Thomas Buckley, Gilbert Aspinwall, Matthew Clarkson, Henry I. Wyckoff, Thomas Eddy, James Scott, John Murray, jun. John Barrow, John Atkinson, William Post, John Thurston, Walter Bowne, Isaac Collins, Herman Le Roy, Jacob Le Roy, Thomas Franklin, Henry Post, jun. Samuel Mansfield. The following officers zcere chosen, viz. Matthew Clarkson, President, Hugh Gaine, Vice-President, John Murray, Treasurer, Thomas Eddy, Secretary. Physicians and Surgeons to the Hospital, viz. Physicians. John R. B. Rodgers, David Hosack, Samuel L. Mitchell, William Hamersly. Surgeons. Wright Post, Richard S. Kissam, Samuel Borrowe, Valentine Seaman. John Huyler, House Physician and Librarian. Benjamin R. Robson, House Surgeon. Jothani Post, Superintendant. THE NEW-YORK HOSPITAL. CHAP. VIII. List of Members of the Society of the Nezc-York Hospital. Those with this mark (*) are deceased. Charles Ward Apthorp, William Axtel, John Alsop, . Gilbert Aspinwall, Josiah Adams, Francis Atkinson, John Atkinson. B. * Grove Bend, * Evert Bancker, Thomas Buchannan, * Andrew Barclay, * William Brownjohn, * Francis Bassett, * Samuel Bowne, * Dirick BrinkerhofT, Benjamin Booth, * Abraham BrinkerhofT, Walter Buchannan, Robert Bowne, Goldsbrow Banyar, * Gerard G. Beekman, G----G. Beekman,jun, * Samuel Bowne, John Barrow, * James Bowne, James Buck, Aaron Burr, * Samuel Burling, * William Backhouse, * Dr. John Bard, William Bayard, seg. * John Bogert, Robert L. Bowne, Gerard W. Beekman, Walter Bowne, George Bowne, John Beekman, * William Bowne, Samuel Broome, William Bayard, jun. James Beekman, Joseph Byrnes, Theophylact Bache, Samuel Belamy, Thomas Bucklev, Samuel Bard, M. D. C. * Peter Clopper, * Henry Cruger, * Robert Crommeline, A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF John Clark, Henry Cruger, jun. * Cadwallader Colden, * Major Edward Clark, Matthew Clarkson, * Alexander Colden, * David Clarkson, # Cornelius Clopper, John H. Cruger, * John Crook, Isaac Corsa, Isaac Cock, Daniel Cotton, James Constable, Samuel Corp, John B. Coles, * William Constable, Francis Childs, John T. Champlin, Isaac Collins, John G. Coster. Daniel Dunscomb, * Jacob Doty, Frederick De Peyster. E. Thomas Eddy, Andrew Elliot, Effingham Embree, # Thomas Ellison, John Elliott, William Edgar, * Lawrence Embree. D. * Elias Desbrosses, Patrick Dennis, George Duncan, R. H. John, Lord Drum- mond, William Denning, * Oliver Delancey, '* James Duane, * Joshua Delaplaine, Gerardus Depeyster, * Magdalin Desbrosses, * Gerardus Duyckinck, * Abraham Duryee, * Walter Dubois, Samuel Franklin, * Johnstone Fairholme, * Col. Edward Fanning, * Thomas Franklin, * George Folliott, Thomas Fisher, * Henry Franklin, John Franklin, * Francis Flemming, * Dr. John Fothergill, of London, * Walter Franklin, sen. Thomas Franklin, Caleb Frost, * George Fox. THE NEW-YORK HOSPITAL. G. Adam Gilchrist, Hugh Gaine, Edward Goold, Robert Gray, * Andrew Gautier, Peter Goelet, * Nicholas Gouverneur, Archibald Gracie, John I. Glover. H. * Daniel Horsemanden, Henry Haydock, * George Harrison, Nathaniel Hawxhurst, John Hunter. I. Charles Ingliss, Samuel Jones, John Jay, * James Jauncey, Thomas Jones, * Col. Thomas James, * Sir William Johnson, * Simon Johnston, * Nicholas Jones, William Jauncey, John Jones, William Johnson, Araasa Jackson. K. * William Kelly, * Benjamin Kissam, John Tabor Kemp, John Keese, * Archibald Kennedy, * Lawrence Kortwright, Joseph Kettletas, William Kenyon, John Knox, Robert I. Kemble, Peter Kemble, Isaac Kibbe, John Kane. L. * John Lawrence, John H. Livingston, sen. Dirick Lefferts, * John Laboyteaux, Philip P. Livingston, Catharine Lawrence, * Caleb Lawrence, Robert R. Livingston, * Cornelius P. Low, Robert P. Livingston, * Leonard Lispenard, * William Livingston, * Abraham Lott, * P. V. B. Livingston, * Isaac Low, * William Ludlow, A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF Vlir. Gabriel H. Ludlow, * John Livingston, sen. * Jacob Le Roy, * John Leake, Thomas Legget, Richard R. Lawrence, Leffert Lefferts, * John Lamb, Daniel Ludlow, Nicholas Low, William Lawrence, Philip Livingston, Jonathan Little, John B. Lawrence, Herman Le Roy, John C. Letsom, M. London. D. Benjamin G. Minturn, John M'Vicker, William Minturn, Thomas Maule, Robert Mott, Moses Myers, Samuel Mansfield, Andrew Moris. N. William Neilson. M. Lindley Murray, John Murray, * Alexander M'Dougall, Mary M'Evers, * John Marston, John Murray, jun. * William Maxwell, * Robert Murray, Alexander M'Comb, Roger Morris, * Abraham Mortier, * Abraham Mesier, Richard Morris, John Moore, * William M