New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-03-09

EYE IND EIR INlIRM.lRY.

SUCCESSFUL WORK OF THE LAST YEAR-JTS MAN
AGEuENT AND PLANS.
The fifty-sevcnth annual report of the New
York Eye and Ear Inhrnary, at SccOndaye. aud Imr-
tecntE-st, has just been published and offers many
facts Of interest to the pGnhc. The niirmary is open
daily to patients afflicted with diseases OF the eye ear or
throat, and the poor from all parts OF the
state are entitled its privileges Under is present
mana geInent. charitable relief has been widely dis
ucsed on practical and economical plan. The present
officers aud directors assert that the Institution Ii out "f
debt and VIII kept Of debt and their names are
sucient guarantee OF thorough and sagacous manage
ment The officers OF the inlrmnry are:
Lresident-Roya Phelps ,,.,,.,,, ,,,.,,.,, nn not.
Vice PreSident-Be.Jann H. fled anu Apraih Du i'o'S'
7reasurer-John H. ltiker
Stcretdrg- Charles VI. Allen. NJ ID. . -,
Dcect@s-Ienamia .. Sherman; VIM f. Dodge i A. aham
Tel u. Lord Waller L@ngd9n Ausus"s nLhe' ro - Yam am
sgn ae J@rs stokes ARSE hoS WIN
merlorn. ROYAL Phelps D. H. Arnold Clinton GILBERT Airia.
~ Aim 81. D., John a. stewart; 49,, c,...,..
NJ Aim NJ. d.
Snrgeoas-Honry D. Noye. NJ. D., and Richard H. Der BY
faron-MlssC c. f. De Trevllo.
TIE president aud secretary in reviewing the work OF
the past year say tat much larger amount OF chart
table work has accomplished than before and
the expenditures been watched with tho greatest
care Since the foundation Of the nrnary more than
2l 900 INDECENT sufferers from diseases of the eye ear
and throat have received gratuiiOus treatment
Inv It's surgical stan, 1880 Of whom were
now patients during the year Just closed.
For some years surgeons have felt the necessity OF
more room for the different branches of the inhrmary
work. AMI III their port of last year, made special a
peal Tor funds effect tue enlargement much desired
most generous respOns" has been made % this appeal
In the early part OF The giit OF 10000 was inah'
Tor this purpose by Mrs john G. Green oi ms Guy n
memory OF her late husband. With portion OF TINS
money the building adjoining the present nllrn"iy' Oh
Second-lyr WAS purchu Sod. and VIII ba rcnttcd
During the ycdf 1877 bc4ucsls were frctlNeu lI"hi
the estate OF Dr. Edward Dcllrd. oc OF the Founders 81
the innary, and many years one % lts most earnest
aud succes-iul surgeons. Of 5000; from the cs'
tato OF Washington X. Normilyc, Oi sZ'oU"
and from the estate Of j. Grenyllle name "
SO 800. special gins were received from Nhiiim
f. Cary Of 1900. Wm. H. Wander Bit, o 500, ana Nm
another from benjamin II. Field, OF 40, were hiro re-
ccivcd with that the amounts 10 ucNoe 70
the purchase If spectators for such poor it'sa- E
need Them The Board OF AppOTtlODhCnI 81 ne tI5 hsu
assigned 10 the inhrInay the Of S2G6s, RON lht
Excise fund The directors invite visits 10 me nnIl!
on tire part Of the public, and assert lheif peicI .ha
snch personal examination would cstabnSI th lhcl VIC.
q great amount OF good l. beng economically accom-
plished aud HAT Institution IN the city has stronger
! claims upon public charity. a.. ,,s
The treasurer reports that the receipts for Inc las
year Ss3l7s 0s and the expenses soi DO =
The fnfirmaTy, besides their regular WGIkl nay LAY,
| rendered help 10 the ~. JOsephs indnstfih
school, III East Eighty irst-st., and To the li",1 1
| Bonlevards. in both Of which there was an o1tnIeai
! of an eve epidemic, win J2o cases III lbe loIuloI
aud Io3 In the latter institution The surgeons nceoh
papy their report With tables IN detail % 'ne uisoan
trnaied IN Their department. In 1877 The whole hun
hor ot na tients treated lO53O Of wlrh l%li "er
for Of the eye, 1913 Tor seases oil Tue car h'
GAO for diseases Of the nose and throat nne tSo, p
tients were treated cataract 3s women qua o. men