The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-27
SAVE CHILDREN
Of THE POOR
NEW Works. HOSPITAL FOR DE-
FoRMiTiES AND JOINT
DISEASES.
NEED LARGER BUILDING
Hundreds Of Babies Saved From
Being unchbacks-ParaIyss
Is Cured-Institution
Expanding.

premium in that hospice for the lame
and halt, the, Hospital for Deformities
and Joint Diseases, at Nos. 1917-l9l9
Madison avenue, where, without
money and without price, curative
aid is given to the crippled poor
Here ii looks as though infantille
paralysis and withered limbs and dis
located joints were epidemic in New
York, for in the course of year hun
dreds of cases are helped in the dis
pensary and the wards of the insti-
tuition are filled
The hospital, which began in 1904
by treating eight patients in its clinic,
has grown far beyond its limitations
of space. That is why the surgeons,
the physicians and the nurses are al
most crowded out of doors by the
bands of the afflicted men, women
and children who come seeking re-
lief from the pains that rack them
and the LESSONS which deform limbs
and bodies.
The child of three years, on whose
back the tell-tale button showing the
start of the disfiguring hump has al
ready formed, and the man of eighty
with trembling legs rung with rheu.
matte pains, are both welcomed to
the white walled wards Unosten-
tatiously the hospital has been carry
IN nyIyf aY.ty
six years. supported entirely by vol
untary contributions, mostly of small
amount, and yet has expanded from
one building to another, and now
lacks woefully the facilities for the
extension, of it's mission.
Institution is Unique.
Its position is unique. Without en-
dowment with only two old fashioned
brown stone fronted houses as its
equipment, the Hospital for Deformi-
ties and Joint Diseases treats both
acute and chronic cases, and by its
rule includes within the scope of its
ministrations suffering humanity.
without regard. to age, sex, race or
creed.
1t came into being through the
practical experience of DR.. Henry w.
Frauenthal, well known orthopaedist
who realized that there was need of
an institution of this kind, which
should be more inclusive in its work.
In other hospitals of similar nature
patients less than four years old are
not received, and those who are be.
yond seventeen years are no longer
treated
The city institutions on the islands
of the East river, must, of course, re
ceive all who are sent to them on ac.
count of poverty, and especially must
they harbor those of adult age whose
deformities have become hopeless
and who, henceforth, are to be bur
dens on society.
Originally the institution was
started for the external administra
ton of drugs to affected parts by
driving in the curative effects by cur.
rents of electricity. The method was
developed by DR.. Henry w. Frauen
thai, and by his brother, DR.. Herman
c. Frauenthal,, who is both physi
clan and an electrical engineer
whose expert knowledge with regard
to the violet rays and other manifesto
tions of light and electricity have
been invaluable to the institution
The original trustees were patients
of the physicians who became inter
ested in the story of the clinics, and
gradually the institution developed
with the kindly aid Of philanthropic
men and women The administration
of electricity is only one of the fea-
lures, and the scope of the hospital
work was rapidly enlarged.
1t was moved to No. 416 East
Eighty-sixth street, a structure which
lit speedily outgrew, and was trans
ferred to No. 1917 Madison avenue in
1906, and shortly afterward took over
the adjoining building, No. 1919
Here its development is arrested un
It'll more commodious quarters, es-
pecially adapted to its needs, can be
obtained.
Although the alterations of the
houses were made with skill and
opening of doors through the divid-
ling walls has linked the structures
together, work is hampered in every
direction by the lack of space.
The dispensary, on the first floor
where the cases are received, re-
minds one of the steerage of an ocean
liner in busy season. The mothers
sit in long rows, closely crowded to-
gether on the benches holding their
children in their arms. Out on the
sidewalk is huddle of baby carriages
some of them collapsed, others ar
ranged in solid groups. The array of
small vehicles is called by the neigh
bors the sign of fourishing car
|riage trade as though it were
drawn up before some dry goods ba-
zaar.