The story of Pittsburgh: Hospitals

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Identifikator:: 1831622599

Document type:: Multivolume work

Title:: The story of Pittsburgh

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1919-1930

Collection:: Economics Books

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Identifikator:: 1831623870

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-241156

Document type:: Volume

Title:: Hospitals

Volume count:: Vol. 1, nr. 16

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1928

Scope:: [ca. 100] Seiten

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Tuberculosis league

Collection:: Economics Books

burgh was without a single weapon with which to fight this scourge; there was not even one bed available for caring for the sick consumptive. The death-rate was appalling. Most great movements owe their existence to the enthusi- astic sponsorship of one individual. The Tuberculosis League of Pittsburgh owes its existence to one man’s personal realization of the sorrow tuberculosis can bring to a single *amily; this man, Otis H. Childs, decided that such a devas- tating disease should no longer be allowed full sway over the helpless lives of his fellow Pittshurghers. Early in 1906 he se- cured the co-operation of other far-sighted and humanitarian citizens such as R. B. Mellon, Edward A. Woods, H. K. Por- ter, J. M. Jenkinson, Robert L. Martin, and John Bindley, and the institution was organized and chartered under the name of the Pittsburgh Sanatorium. The original incorpora- tion was to found and maintain an institution for the study, treatment and prevention of tuberculosis in man. Funds were to be secured by voluntary subscription. The name was subsequently changed to the Tuberculosis League of Pittsburgh, which opened its doors February 1, 1907, with five departments, including the hospital, dispensary, labora- tory, educational and administrative divisions, all housed in theformer residence of William McConway on Bedford avenue at the top of Herron hill. Mr. McConway had generously offered the use of this large frame dwelling rent free for four years, if at the end of that period the League would purchase it. The hospital commenced with twenty beds, and increased its capacity to eighty the following year, with the erection of five “shacks.” These were donated by Wallace H. Rowe, Mrs. Alexander Laughlin, Jr., the Allegheny General Hospi- tal, Mercy Hospital and West Penn Hospital. Two of these shacks are still in use. The hospital now has 110 beds. During the first year, 800 patients were examined by the dispensary department. Many of these were visited in their own homes by league nurses, who taught the sick consump- tives how to care for themselves and to keep from infecting their families. Necessary supplies, such as sputum cups, gauze, and often milk and eggs were provided these patients. In the first annual report of the league, mention is made of 184 talks given by the league to the school children of the city.

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