Western Dispensary for Women and Children
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The Western Dispensary for Women and Children, now defunct, was a Manhattan hospital incorporated in March 1869, located at 218 Ninth Avenue.[1][3][4] Unlike the government-funded Northwestern Dispensary,[5][6][7] this hospital had trouble meeting their financial obligations.[8] Abraham Jacobi, a co-founder of the hospital,[3] is regarded as the Father of American Pediatrics.[9]
A portion of a large sum left by "an eccentric old maid" was directed by her will to Western Dispensary for Women and Children[10] and several other institutions,[11][12] Some of her nieces and nephews contested the will. When Surrogate Court held hearings,[12] there was "a large attendance" of "the various charitable institutions which are beneficiaries."[13]
Notable people
- Mary A. Brinkman, homeopathic physician appointed to the hospital
- Anna Lukens, attending physician of the hospital
- Samuel Baldwin Ward, surgeon at the hospital
