. 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 . nd hospital building was opened for admission and treatmentof patients on July 19, 1836. The number of patientsregistered during this year is recorded as 689. It rapidlyincreased to such an extent that additional room andfacilities were found necessary, and once more an effortwas made to provide larger quarters, which resulted suc-cessfully in th
. 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 . nd hospital building was opened for admission and treatmentof patients on July 19, 1836. The number of patientsregistered during this year is recorded as 689. It rapidlyincreased to such an extent that additional room andfacilities were found necessary, and once more an effortwas made to provide larger quarters, which resulted suc-cessfully in the purchase of a lot on Charles street in1848, and the erection of a new building which was com-pleted in 1850 and dedicated on July 3 of that year, thededicatory address above quoted from being deliveredby one of its founders. From that year the number ofpatients increased from 2,004 to nearly 30,000 in building of 1850 had thus become inadequate for theneeds of the institution and it was decided to purchaseadjoining land and to erect a new building. This wasdone, and the new hospital was built, and was ready foroccupancy in 1899. In connection with this a ward forcontagious diseases of the eye was provided in an adjoin-. DR. GEORGE A. BETHUNB (1812-1896). OPHTHALMOLOGY IN AMERICA. 33 ing building, and is the first of its kind to be erected inthis country. The infirmary building to-day is, like thatof the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, a model of itskind. According to the -last annual report, 1906, thenumber of patients of all kinds treated at the infirmaryduring the preceding year was 35;319. Ophthalmic clinics in the institution were begun asearly as 1836, and both Dr. John Jeffries and Dr. and later Dr. George A. Bethune gave regularcourses on the diseases of the eyes. At the present timeclinical instruction is given to the students of Harvardand Tufts medical colleges. BALTIMOEE DISPENSARY EOR THE CUKE OF DISEASISS OFTHE EYE. In 1823 Dr. George Frick, o
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