Brooklyn Home for Consumptives

It had two sections, one of which was attended by homoeopathic physicians and the other by allopathic practitioners,[2] who treated the patients according to their choice.

[4] Of the 151 patients who entered the institution during 1889, 109 were treated by allopatic and 42 were cared for by homeopathic practitioners.

A new medical room, which opened in March, was equipped with many new appliances for the cure of consumption, which, the physicians said, had materially aided their efforts to treat the disease.

Of this number, 76 were born in the U.S., 14 in England, 26 in Ireland, 14 in Germany, 11 in Sweden, 2 in Norway, 1 in Cuba, 1 in Russia, 1 in Canada, 1 in France, 1 in Italy, 1 in Switzerland, and 2 in China.

At that time, Mrs. W. R. Adams served as president, Mary B. Wardell was Treasurer, and Miss E. P. Smith was the superintendent.