New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-06
SKIN AND CANCER HOSPITAL
EIGHT HUNDRED PEOPLE ATTEND The RE-
CEPTION GIVEN YESTERDAY

CEPTION GIVEN YESTERDAY
About eight hundred people attended ne reception
given Yesterday afternoon ty Tho Board o. Gov.
errors Of the Ncw-York Skin and Cancer H,sp,,l
on the occasion of the opening 90 'he rev hull
ing a, tho corner of Soc0nd-ave. and N.neteen,Ar
Al 4 o'clock there we're addresses IN 'he dispen.v
and afterward tea was served and the guests ps,
conducted over :hc building hy the members o, ~.
Board and the hospital star The speakers wsr.
J. Cleveland Cady president n the Hospital So.
clctv. and Or T.. Duncan Buklcy. secretary ard
DR. 4 jacob and the Rev william " Grosvenor,
Of the Church OF the Incarnation offered the PRAYER
o. dedication. and there sas singing by a mals
quartet.
DR.. Cady stated IN his address tia, the hospital
had always confined ITSELF 20 rs two speciai,ies.
and that IL had made special efforts 20 exclude
those who we're able 20 pay from participation n
rs benefits In consequence 81 had not been able
ne said. 20 dazzle the public with large NUMBER
and had received less state and municipal ai ,aaa
II would otherwise have done b. the patient,
had had better care. and thu attending physician.
better training than would have been possible urts'
other conditions Tic object o, tho hospital vas
given as the restoration o, the patients 10 al
citizenship"
we cannot all be beauties" Mr.. Caiy SAID. Ut
society demands that We shall have A "ao'e SKI
over our good and bad hearts and a clean sap
over our clever or stupid heads
DR. Buckley who was the originator q TIRE ~
p,tal made an address on the Care q. pisean
of the Skin and Cancer IN New-Nork and Else
where" He said thai, until the estabsAmeni
the New-York Skin and Cancer Hospital h'issi
years ago. diseases OF this kind had been neesc
Cd in this country. and that We were sri iaf -
hind the res, Of the civilized world IN this respsct
As there IS no other institution u this kind ir ~
United States. lts patients have come from sv'T
state and Territory In the Union. and Dr bulhT
therefore made a strong appeal for conirol;os
from outside Of New-York city During ne a"
fifteen years IT has treated 22o2i patents
speaking Of the formation Of The Hospital -
ciety and the early struggles ~ the ins'hu'oa
DR. Bulk.ey paid warm tribute 20 the lA'N'
Auxiliary Beard and its late secretary MIS- ~ =
Worden who died I'm SO and '0r whom me cab
dren's ward I'm the new hospital has been namec.
In conclusion. Or. Buckley called afternoon % 'n'
educational advantages 81 the hospital. sayns tal'
they offered opportunities for the study Of shh 'S
eases and cancer which could not he ootaneo ""'
where else in this country Pc also sara 'n'. ~,
management proposed having free clinical 80, -
in the hospital for physicians eo-e'''on "
models from Paris and several thousand paw
have been loaned for these lectures ,,,.s s,ey,r.
The guests were received uA 1i,, S,-.' a.. .ssy
~ re5n,r,5 I psyf.s Mrs william 4 49,
Mrs George Lewis Mrs Alfred J. L,on.'. -" -
Henry Marquand. Mr. John HOBART "''''
Mrs buchanan Winthrop - ..-.,s s.r,t IN
The new buiidine is modern nreprooi . ~
OF ,our stories and easement contalNlu- IL, ,iys,.
~ beds for patients. Of these -tNrH ~ - arers,.
rooms on the top floor there is m.l," ~ 80.
ing room. well equipped Che Wordsa " ~, ,se nss,
~ a. nrc sonr o.ar,l. Coz male and iemate x.
tenrs with diseases %, ;h- skin ana - ,b ,o-.
ground door is the large isp'n-lI l., I'm e,.
sul,ing-rooms, drugroon oih - l.l' ., Il, ba,a.
In the basement there Is q comp 6.. As hs
Including Turkish Russian ana -rhst. So heat.
Kitchen laundry dnng-roon. ti'. ] Pr 4 klri
,ne ,rd ventilation are OF tho most appr go
the building was erected AZ so tNptns, ,,,,,s ..
AVA NJ nr.sert the secretary says cou.l ,,enses
60 a., 90 needed 10 meet - running ~, ~.
The money for the building was oplae' s,,o s,,S'
sale OF land bought for 'odn,lE l,,,s,ir,eni sis
a failure. hut the land Nas retai,rl strrivers,y
years ago f. was sold 20 The New 'iN
FOR Four or nve times its orisinai Cost ... al hos.
Tho patients will not be- moved i'i" ''
pital until Wednesday