Tuesdays and Fridays : 12 o'clock M.-Fevers, etc. 1 o'clock P. M.-Diseases of the Skin. 4 o'clock P. M.-Diseases of Females. 5 o'clock P. M.-Diseases of the Digestive Organs. Wednesdays and Saturdays : 12 o'clock M.-Surgery. Children vaccinated and teeth extracted every morning at 9 o'clock. Medical Board. Diseases of Digestive Organs-Drs. Joseph Klapp and B. F. Nicholls. Diseases of the Chest-Drs. T. H. Bradford, T. C. Rich, J. M. Taylor, and R. H. Hamil. Diseases of Females-Dr. Wm. B. Atkinson. Diseases of Brain and Nervous System-Drs. Alfred T. Livingston, Charles K. Mills, and Lewis Brinton. Fevers-Dr. Thomas S. Harper. Diseases of the Eye and Ear-Drs. Laurence Turnbull, Charles S. Turnbull, and F. D. Castle. Diseases of the Skin-Drs. H. W. Stelwagon, John W. Barr, and A. Van Harlingen. Surgery-Drs. George McClellan, Henry Morris, and Chas. Wirg man. The Charity Hospital of Philadelphia. 1832 HAMILTON STREET. Supported by public subscriptions; owns the property. Daily Clinics are held at the Hospital, from 12 M. to 1 P. M., when advice and medicine are given gratuitously The Church Dispensary of Southwark. The Church Dispensary of Southwark has been established to afford medical assistance to the sick poor living in the southern part of Philadelphia; in that largely populated and rapidly growing part of the city there being a pressing necessity for an institution of this character. A Hospital Department was, therefore, organized to receive and treat all cases of accident and non-contagious diseases until their admission can be obtained in our older institutions. Medical Director. Dr. B. F. Nicholls. Assistant Physician and Pharmaceutist. Dr. John S. Ward. Consulting Physicians. Dr. William Keith; Joseph Klapp, Wm. B. Atkinson, Diseases of Women and Children. J. M. Barton, Surgery. John V. Shoemaker, Dermatology. Philadelphia Society for the Employment of the Poor. 714, 716, 718 CATHARINE STREET. The Dispensary connected with this Institution is intended especially for the relief of the worthy poor living on the south side of South Street, and in the district below this line. A daily clinic is held by the physicians in rotation, at 12 o'clock. Patients are also attended at their own houses, on application at the Dispensary, and medicines furnished free of charge. The Obstetric Department is for the benefit of the deserving poor in the lower part of the city. A clinic for diseases of women is held at the Dispensary on Tuesday and Fridays, from 11 to 12 o'clock. SPECIAL DISPENSARIES. Dispensary for Skin Diseases. No. 216 SOUTH ELEVENTH STREET. This Institution has for its object the gratuitous relief of the sick poor afflicted with diseases of the skin. It is under the government of a Board of Trustees, and is wholly supported by voluntary contributions. The Dispensary is open daily, Sundays excepted, at 11 A. M., for the reception of patients. Dr. Frederick Collins, Charles D. Reed, John S. Bispham, Trustees. Dr. L. A. Duhring, Consulting Physicians: Drs. Louis A. Duhring and Arthur Van Harlingen. Physician in Charge: Dr. H. W. Stelwagon. Philadelphia Hospital for Skin Diseases. No. 923 LOCUST STREET. The Dispensary is open daily (Sundays excepted), at 11 A. M., for the reception of patients. This Institution is under the control of a Board of Managers, and is supported by voluntary contributions. The Hospital possesses a complete system of baths, and offers unusual advantages to those requiring such treat ment. THE BATHS. The Bathing facilities of this establishment, having been greatly enlarged and perfected, are now open and ready for patients sent there by the medical profession. They are under the supervision of an experienced balneologist, and are for such persons only as are sent by their medical attendants, with instructions of what form of baths they are to receive. They are intended to fill the place of the many unscientific bathing institutions where patients are often promiscuously steamed, overheated, or unduly chilled, and more harm done by them than good accomplished. The following are the forms of baths administered :— Vapor bath (simple); medicated liquid bath (alkaline, acid, etc.); hot-air bath (Turkish); vapor bath (Russian); electro-vapor bath; medicated vapor bath. Liquid Baths.-Potassium iodide, potassium sulphide, sodium salicylate, salts of iron, iodine, bromine, mercury bichloride, mercury biniodide. Acid.-Muriatic, nitric, sulphuric, sulphurous, carbolic, salicylic, boracic. Alkaline.-Sodium bicarbonate, sodium biborate, sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate. Emollient.-Starch, gelatine, bran, Iceland moss, flax seed, etc. Astringent.-Alum, tannin, ferric salts, acetic acid, gallic acid, matricaria, sage, etc. |