Tonsil Hospital

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 direcor, Robert Fowler, "undertook a quest for the 'better tonsil operation.'"[4]

See also

References
  1. Perri Klass, M.D. (April 11, 2011). "A Tonsil Remedy Is Fitted for a New Century". The New York Times.
  2. "Benefit for Tonsil Hospital". The New York Times. January 17, 1928.
  3. "BRIDGE WILL ASSIST BABIES; Tournament for Ward in Tonsil Hospital to Be Held March 6". The New York Times. February 27, 1934.
  4. Edward D. McCoul (July 1, 2010). "Legacies of the Tonsil Hospital".
  5. Article includes photo of building exterior: Tara Parker-Pope; Dr. Perri Klass (April 11, 2011). "Taking Out Tonsils Less Often". The New York Times.
  6. "SOCIETY IS BUSY WITH CHARITIES; "Rosalie" Helps Three Units--Fordham School Is Arranging a Ball". The New York Times. January 15, 1928. THE Babies' Ward of the Tonsil Hospital, 153 East Sixty-second Street, will benefit from ..
  7. "ANNA PAVLOWA OPENS SEASON WITH BENEFIT; Capacity Audience Greets Her at the Metropolitan in Performance for Tonsil Hospital". The New York Times. April 22, 1924.
  8. Mordaunt Hall (February 10, 1925). "THE SCREEN; " The Magnificent Ambersons."". The New York Times. a supper dance for the benefit of the babies' ward of the Tonsil Hospital


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