Tonsil Hospital Explained
The Tonsil Hospital,[1] [2] [3] which opened in 1921 and closed in 1946, was a Manhattan specialized hospital dedicated[4] to just one task: "remove the tonsils and adenoids of poor children" when the need seemed to exist.
The hospital was in a four-story walkup building.[5] As a hospital for the poor, pre-Medicaid, it was in need of funding from "society"[6] donors, sponsorships,[7] [3] [2] and other fundraisers.[8]
The removal of tonsils, tonsillectomies, "was the single most common operation in the United States."[1] Due to "the variability of available surgical techniques" this hospital's medical director, Robert Fowler, "undertook a quest for the 'better tonsil operation.'"[4]
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Notes and References
- News: The New York Times. A Tonsil Remedy Is Fitted for a New Century. Perri Klass, M.D. . April 11, 2011.
- News: . Benefit for Tonsil Hospital . January 17, 1928.
- News: The New York Times. BRIDGE WILL ASSIST BABIES; Tournament for Ward in Tonsil Hospital to Be Held March 6. February 27, 1934.
- Legacies of the Tonsil Hospital . Edward D. McCoul . Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery . July 1, 2010. 143 . 1 . 4-7, 7.e1-2 . 10.1016/j.otohns.2010.04.005 . 20620611 . 207301444 .
- Article includes photo of building exterior: News: The New York Times. Taking Out Tonsils Less Often. Tara Parker-Pope . Dr. Perri Klass . April 11, 2011.
- News: . SOCIETY IS BUSY WITH CHARITIES; "Rosalie" Helps Three Units--Fordham School Is Arranging a Ball . THE Babies' Ward of the Tonsil Hospital, 153 East Sixty-second Street, will benefit from .. . January 15, 1928.
- News: The New York Times. ANNA PAVLOWA OPENS SEASON WITH BENEFIT; Capacity Audience Greets Her at the Metropolitan in Performance for Tonsil Hospital. April 22, 1924.
- News: . THE SCREEN; " The Magnificent Ambersons." . Mordaunt Hall . a supper dance for the benefit of the babies' ward of the Tonsil Hospital . February 10, 1925.
