Western Dispensary for Women and Children

The Western Dispensary for Women and Children, now defunct, was a Manhattan hospital incorporated in March 1869, located at 218 Ninth Avenue.

[1][3][4] Unlike the government-funded Northwestern Dispensary,[5][6][7] this hospital had trouble meeting their financial obligations.

[8][9] Abraham Jacobi, a co-founder of the hospital,[3] is regarded as the Father of American Pediatrics.

[10] A portion of a large sum left by "an eccentric old maid" was directed by her will to Western Dispensary for Women and Children[11] and several other institutions,[12][13] Some of her nieces and nephews contested the will.

When Surrogate Court held hearings,[13] there was "a large attendance" of "the various charitable institutions which are beneficiaries.