. The development of ophthalmology in America, 1800 to 1870; a contribution to ophthalmologic history and biography; an address delivered in abstract before the section of ophthalmology of the American medical association, June 4, 1907 . f potassirrm, colchicum and iron. The other paper was by Elkanah Williams On theObliteration of the Lachrymal Sac by the Actual Cau-tery. It was first presented in Cincinnati in 1856(Cincinnati Jjoncet and Ohscrver, 1856), and again lie-fore the International Congress of Ophthalmology in18(ii. TWO NEW EYE HOSPITALS. During the same period two new institutions
. The development of ophthalmology in America, 1800 to 1870; a contribution to ophthalmologic history and biography; an address delivered in abstract before the section of ophthalmology of the American medical association, June 4, 1907 . f potassirrm, colchicum and iron. The other paper was by Elkanah Williams On theObliteration of the Lachrymal Sac by the Actual Cau-tery. It was first presented in Cincinnati in 1856(Cincinnati Jjoncet and Ohscrver, 1856), and again lie-fore the International Congress of Ophthalmology in18(ii. TWO NEW EYE HOSPITALS. During the same period two new institutions devotedto the charitable relief of the poor afflicted with diseasesof the eye were added to those previously founded. The first was the New York Ophthalmic Hospital,which was incorporated April 21, 1852, and was openedon May 25 of the same year. The board of directorswas made up of prominent citizens of New York City,and Hon. C. S. Woodhull was its first president. Thefirst surgeons were Dr. David L. Bogcrs and Dr. MarkStejihenson, both of New York. It had a humble be-ginning like other institutions of the kind, and tlic 50 Congi-Os rVL-iodique Internationale dOphtbalmologie, 2e ses-sion, 1802. Compte-i-endu, Iaris, 1803, p. DK. EDWARD L. HOLMES (1828-1900). OPHTHALMOLOGY IN AMERICA. 161 purpose of its organization was said to be to accommo-date the poor in districts then farther up town in thatcity. Its first location was at No. 6 Stuyvesant Street,between Second and Third Avenues. According to itsfirst report, four hundred and forty-four patients weretreated from May 25, 1853, to Jan. 1, 1853. From thattime it had a steady and healthful growth. In 1865the surgical staff was constituted of Drs. John P. Gar-rish, Marcus P. Stephenson, William F. Holcomb,Ebenezer McFarland, Giovinni Ceccarini and John , with Drs. David L. Rogers, Alfred C. Postand Frank H. Hamilton, consultants. Almost fromthe outset clinical instruction on diseases of the eye wasgiven to studen
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