The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-02-14

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We una shs second annual report sf this bensv,
lent Ar praisswofthy institution upon our tahls
Among is doings for the pest year, eleven hundre.
and ffty.six Estients have applied for rensf
seventy eight remained under treatment at the be
ginning ofthe year, making 1,2s4 In al, and 2,s4l
since the hospital was opened in May, 1852. Sixty
i've graduates and students Of medicine are attend
ing . course Of lectures on opthamic diseases THU
winter, also receiving clinical instruction Ia the
institution. Appended 70 the report II an "appoal
In behalf of The institution, - which we copy =
While We rejoice with you In what has been &C.
complained by this association during It's brief exls
tence, Il must not be forgotten that much still re-
mains 70 be done. A new hospital, such q one ~
wiz reflect credit upon yourselves and the empire
IL ID true the Legislature ct It's last session made
an appropriation 0, % 900, on condition double that
ti0ns.
A portion of the specified sum, we are happy 10
Say, has been obtained ann deposited Ia the Savings
Bank OF this city Of interest. And but for the great
try, l. Is believed the whole amount would have been
raised before this time, ard then the entire list of
contributions to the building fund will be published,
and will continue to be published In each sue
When the claims Of the Eye and Ear Indrmsry. In
the city Of Boston, were made known to the public,
$4,000 were raised In subs cnptions varying from
$lo 70 slo,o goo each: Mr. SHAW. President Of the
bequeathed $40. 900 each; two IS 900 each; twenty
gave 81 900 cash; eight $500; fifty three from 500
70 $500; fifty six from ~ TO $50.
Here is Q noble oxAmpl9of which our sistsr city
may Justly be proudly us initiate II. Why should
not New Yort, the London Of America, In com.
merce, In wealth, and In population-excel w
The surgeons Of this institution have mover re-
ceived ons dollar ss . remuneration for their ser
Vices, nor do they ever expect to. An they ask Is,
that the public will furnish them with Q suissble
building to carry out the original design of jts
founders.
We plead not for ourselves Il Ia for that lonely
widow whose afflicted child seeks your charity. Il
Is for that poor am aurotic sesmstress, to whom the
world has become almost 0 universal blank, whose
schtng eyes and weary fingers have known no rest
until the midnight hour.
II Is for that sightless laborer, whoss ~ceaseless Of.
t fOrts IN S;h mis Of 81. depend s mt offspring have been
piercing cold-it 10 for these we extend the hand OF
charity.
It was this very class OF sufferers that moved With
compassion Of Him, who IL enphati sally styled the
great physician, TO open the Dyes Of ono who was
We most cordially invite our kllow-sisizsns to
send any who are In need Of this charity, and to
visit the institution tbemsslves, that they may
Judge OF It's merits. We are conf lent IL cannot fall
to awaken feelings Of deep sympathy and enlarged
benevolence. MARX STEPHENSON, N. D.
JOHN p. GARRIsH, n. D.
No. o STUYvEsANT STREET, Jan. I, 1856.
They want less than ten thousand dollars 10 com.
plete their subscriptions for . new hospital. Surely
that trifling sum can be nised for 20 laudsble an OBJ
ject without difficulty. We commend Il to the ct.
tention Of our philanthropic fellow citizens. 1t Ia Q
trife; but the hospital d doing much good and
that Ia no tTife.