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." [14]
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with Jacobi, one of the founders of the Western Dispensary for Women and Children in March 1869
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