Form of certificate which will admit any poor patient residing in Illinois to the infirmary, for gratuitous treatment and board: "This is to Certify, that County of , of the town of State of Illinois, is absolutely without means to pay for his (or her) board or treatment at the Illinois Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary." Form of certificate which will admit any poor putient to the infirmary for gratuitous treatment: "This is to Certify, that County of ,State of of the town of is in indigent circumstances, and can pay his (or her) board alone, but not for treatment, at the Illinois Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary." Either form of certificate must be signed by some respectable physician, or supervisor, or clerk of the County Court where the patient resides. In connection with the infirmary is a dispensary for the poor of the city. Since the opening of the institution, nearly sixteen years ago, 10,200 poor patients have received gratuitous treatment. The average number annually for several years has been 1,000. The infirmary offers opportunities for the clinical study of diseases of the eye and ear. The clinics are given regularly during the college term, and are open to the students of the various medical colleges of the city. The institution has been, from the beginning, under the direction of a Board of Trustees. For the want of means during the first six years, the efforts of the surgeons were confined to dispensary work. At the end of this time the infirmary came into possession of an excellent building, which was finally most conveniently furnished, and supplied with all that was necessary for the comfort of the patients. This building, with all its appliances, valued at $18,000, was totally destroyed by the fire of October 9th, 1871. The new building, a large and commodious structure, on the N. W. corner of W. Adams and Peoria streets, will probably be ready for occupancy as early as Nov. 1, 1874. The surgeons' visits are from 2 to 3 P. M. daily, except on Sunday. This is a general dispensary, where all forms of disease are treated. It is supported by the interest arising from an endowment of $5,000 by the Chicago Relief and Aid Society, and by an annual appropriation of $500 by the Board of Cook County Commissioners, as compensation to the dispensary for performing the medical services of the county in the north division of the city. During the past four years there have been about 14,000 patients treated. OFFICERS. Board of Trustees. President-E. B. McCagg. Vice-President J. McGregor Adams. Dr. Ralph N. Isham. Dr. John Reid. MEDICAL STAFF. Consulting Physician. John Reid. Consulting Surgeon. R. N. Isham. F. B. Eisen Bockius-Medical Superintendent and Physician for Diseases of the Respiratory and Circulatory Organs. Geo. F. Nealy-Diseases of Women. C. J. Lewis-Diseases of the Eye and Ear. M. B. Carleman-Surgery. F. A. Hess-General Practice of Medicine. The dispensary is open daily, except Sundays, from 1 to 4 P. M. St. Luke's Free Dispensary. This institution is connected with St. Luke's Hospital, on Indiana avenue, near Fourteenth street. to 4 p. M. It is open daily from 2 year ending September 1, 1873, 641 patients were prescribed for. MEDICAL BOARD. John E. Owens. Charles L. Rutter. St. Mary's Infirmary, Cairo. Instituted November, 1867, By the Sisters of the Order of the Holy Cross. Contracts were soon after made with the county, to take care of the county sick, and with the government, to take care of sick marines; and these sources of support still continue. The building which is situate in the centre of a block of two-and a-half acres, is capable of accommodating one hundred and twenty patients. It has private rooms, neatly furnished, for those who desire them, at a charge of $2 per day for all expenses. Private patients or citizens, in public wards, are charged $1 per day. Physician-in-Chief. Dr. Horace Wardner. Attending Physician for Colored Marine Wards. Attending Physician for County Patients. |