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100 years ago
Big bucks for Hogtown's
Grace
TORONTO — It took
just minutes to raise the first $50,000, which was fully
one-quarter the total cost of expanding Toronto's Grace
Hospital. The funds were raised through subscription
at a meeting of the hospital's very generous trustees.
With this cash injection, the hospital's board of governors
is set to start a project which will double the size
of the facility, currently numbering 45 physicians and
with a capacity to handle about 100 patients. The project
is being driven, to a large extent, by the city's doctors
who want to see the Grace become a viable alternative
to the General Hospital. Source:
Toronto Star April 17 1906
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Burnett's
Cocaine
Promotes
vigourous and healthy growth of the hair. It has
been used in thousands of cases where the hair
was coming out and has never failed to arrest
the decay. Use Burnett's flavouring extract —
the best.
Credit: Advertisement from
the same edition.
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125
Years ago
Panacea is all bark no bite
PITTSFIELD, MA — A quack in Massachusetts
is building up a large practice based on a ludicrous
remedy he calls 'Water from the Tree of Life.' He reportedly
administers the water while making the sign of the cross
on the patient. This disreputable physician claims his
remedy cures all diseases.
Source: Globe and Mail,
February 11, 1882
150
Years ago
Almighty dollar ruination
of doctor-patient relationship
BROOKLYN — A New York-based German doctor
was forced to take one of his defaulting patients to
court. Dr Bauer told Brooklyn City Court that he saw
the sickly child of Mr William W Beine 23 times in the
span of 9 days. The physician presented Mr Beine with
a bill amounting to a whopping $30.50US. The patient
protested that he could only afford to pay $20. Ultimately,
the court found Dr Bauer did very little for the child
and that his bill was unduly expensive. But the physician
scored a small victory over his former patient: the
judge awarded him $20.50. Source:
New York Times, April 28, 1856
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