The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-02-17
The consunpsion Hospital.
m PLAN AND IT'S OBJECTS, WITH AN APfEAL OF
TIE rRUsrREs TO THE PUBLIC r0s AID.

va ,uAlish the appeal the Trustees Of the Consuup
uoa Hospital TO the inhabitants hs city aad State Of
New Yoek In behalf Of the institution 1t originated, We
unSsrs.sad with . fen benevolent genssaen, who OBJ
taned without difficulty signatures to petition, to be for
wHrdsd 70 the Legislature for charter BY thousands
Ths Of petitioners smb raced every condition
and pursuit In life. Many leading cergymen approved
che object and co-operaed in obtaining signatures To
the petitions The f,aod popular with the
nassss who the greatest sufferers from that class of
dissascs TO which the hospi al is TO be devoted.
has been objected the that 1t would have
Bad effect by crowdrg cousnmpives t,gether in the
wards of single gliding, where yAncs aud dspres-
sioa OF spirits would arise from witnessing each
others Affections. l. Is due The trustees to state
that ths ct present ths very condition Of consume
6v In the hospitals of the city aud precisely the stat
ef things which hey propose to obvAts They have as
certsined BY MEDICAL stat scs that there $50 pa
Heats, on tho average, in Bellevue Hospital and in tn
hospitals Randalps and Black Wells hiands constant
y under treatnsnt crowded together In III hs.sed and ia
ventilated The Bellevue HOSP al the only in
statuton in the city huis where oonsumptives
esivsd ct all now In densely built and populated par
q the town. and contiguous to extsnsive gas works
which combine to render the air impure and unfit 70
tho respiration Of diseased threats and lungs Here
large number CT pulmonary patients crowded 70
gethsr beds placed side by side In large rooms which
aso under tho Roof with patients suffering 1t
may be, from typhus and ship fsvers and other coata
eious and Ioa hsome di'esses.
TAe New York Hos oita rejects ptives and last
year turned off hundred patients with this disease
who compelled W seek shelter in the Bellevue
die In III provided and often miserable apartments ut
hone. The trustees propose 70 remedy these evils
they and far from crowding, to scatter
pstieats from their present prison walls.
They propose to proc $50 500 Of land in the
country to divide portion, Of i. into farm aud gardens
and TO erect shops for mechanical employment where
thcee able to do may usefuily exercise themselves
They viii not erect single building but several build
ings, that patients coud be suitably separated and
olassifed-he TO be provided with all the modern
improvements in hestrg and vsnssion and every Kiud
of suitable out door exercise psoyissd the
The whole to be connected wiz central receiving house
In the city and itself again ed with city outdoor
department devoted to tie treatment OF consumption
and its Kindred diseases.
1t is also designed receive patients from any part or
tho State They DO hold the idea that they
tsvse for the confirmed and long developed
consumption; but they would expect by making It
object of special medical attention. It's iri
PeCt stages and greatly TO aeviss suffering and pro-
long HE in its worst forms But the aty statistic,
Of this city show that besides the average Of
1850 deaths With consumption per annum, the total
deaths rcm diseases of respiratory organs including
5000 eco per annu greater In smouut for a single
year than al deaths by cholera in New York since its
diseases and not to consumption alone that the proposed
hospital il to be devoted.
The esa of such Institution orig mated with parties
who had selfish ends crafty: Ard to prevent
the appearance of seshnes they refused have heir
names put Gown as trustees The draft Of the charter
Was tent to the legislature, and the OF dis
tnguishec and wealthy citizens suggested suit
bic trustees without previous consultation with tho
parties ed In the board Of th teen trustees the
names Of four medical down without their
knowledge, rs il Believed the boar should
tain medical men, who might aid in pr ,moug tho
u
In advisory sssisancs egaropg tbs bss. sanitary
zaon u the board the which HAYS occurred
have beea fled BY selecting leading citizens from the
wiling to aid in work OF such noble benevolence and
which is 60 much needed.
We Know o. object more deserving Of public conh.
donce and support The charter is liberal ono, aud
exenpA all properly Of the intuion from seizure for
debt, from ell taxation whatsoever and that for
viii permanently into safe hands and be duly and
Athuly applied to the objects Of the institution We
Ia the President Of the Boar of Trustees that John
E Williams Esq, of the Metropolitan Bank los Broad
way IL Treasurer.
APPIAL TO TIE INHABITANTS OF TIE CITY AND
STATE OF NEW YORK OF BEHALF OF THE CON-
SUMPTION HOSPITAL
The Trustees Of the Consuu ption hospital chartered
By the LAgiss'ure OF New YoIk in April 1855, hereby
respectfully set forth that under autaori y Invested
in them In their desire the plated In
srituon in suoh .. once an evidence
OF the iberay and Christian benevoence their fellow
esers and thoroughly furnished With all the resources
OF modern fence, and the Improved of natural
and artificial medical and hygisnic treatment.
Among the characteristic Of Christian people, endow-
mens Of hospitals for the sick occupy the on rank.
Before sge poverty orphauags before tbs aus house
the md<u the asylum sickness, and the for
heart and hand And the Is obvious is that
besides being rendered helpless the life we'll the ply
sfcAl comfort of the individual in jeopardy and to
serve and proOng it though but for Tour IL the dictate
equally of humanity and religou And whether induced
.ssuir in the schsss o. duty or s2
the visitation Of God disease whether Of body mind
demands End receives sdsration and
Ats hin the precincts OF the prison and the church.
the hos found truthful exponent of the Christian
sentiment ct the people
The quesn nay theE be pertinently asked If such be
the case is these not already established by private and
public Euniac.nce sufficient means for tae succor Of
many OF the sick OF population - ray At any tius
be unase to procure domestic cares Ana remembering
the numerous medical charities Of this metropolis
vhoe doors are apparently open for the admission Of
every conceivable form Of bodily aiment this question
would seem 70 he suswersbie oay in the Affirmative.
But inquiry ecits the fact thu, amidst tue profusioa
OF odaion for sick OF this
its suburbs containing population Of nearly 900 600
there ia Tor those afflicted iih that tseAse which takes
seventh to fourth Of sill that die-whi.h takes
iA subjecs princi ay from the productive period of
de ssss of 20 ard 90 -be per,ed Of sne beauty and
hope cfufe"-which Las left its ling footprints In
almost every household and which Is susceptible
of relief a the hands If science md shsrity-for the
Threatened and devoted victims Of consumption there il
VI cur sxistipe medical charities there is IT bat
what eli her reearcs them as improper obect not con-
tempfAted In toeH ArpaDgemens-or admitting fAls 20
furnsh for them those ST treatment which
dern medicine and better knoslsdge Of the lava of
hyRiene teach to be eseentiAi.
But bad TIE ext ting institutions abundant room foA and
the, in position TO receive all the cases of consump
zion which might sppiy sa there would remain the se
Gus objtc ion tha they properly adapted 10 this
purpose that they cannot provide those and app
requisite for the Satisfactory ard enlightened treat
ment this disease those of them which rigina
y plarne1 hospitals arranged and conducted for
the freshmen Of diseases OF short duraons while
those which originally erected for other pur
posee and since been converted into hospitals
III adap'e6 TO the treatment Of diseases Of character
but especially OF those requiring ample space air.
exercfe afother hyglepi opportunities emphati
cAy do consumption ant other diseases Of The ar pas
tsres Theae essentials unstainaoe within the pre-
cinc.s of deDsey populated city. In rural locality
alone be erected hospital with Sasuar1um proper
IL 90 called, attached
While the hospital building itself should be furnished
-; n for wit Ito