Stuyvesant Polyclinic

History

The hospital began as a clinic financed by Anna Ottendorfer (1815-1884) and built in 1884 as the German Dispensary. It offered free medical care to impoverished German Americans on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.[1] In 1905 the German Dispensary moved to a new building and the Die Deutsche Poliklinik of the City of New York moved into the Second Avenue facility.[2]

During World War I there was a wave of anti-German sentiment and the name of the facility was changed to Stuyvesant Polyclinic of the City of New York.[3][4] In 1927 there was an attempt to change the name from Stuyvesant Polyclinic to German Polyclinic.[5] In 1954 the facility treated its 6,000,000th patient.[6]

The facility became a clinic of Cabrini Medical Center and was closed in 2007.[2]

Presidents

  • Julius S. Wikler (1952)[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Ottendorfer Public Library and Stuyvesant Polyclinic Hospital". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-02-08.
  2. 1 2 Gray, Christopher (August 15, 2008). "1880s Features, Unveiled Again". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-02-08.
  3. ↑ Staff (June 15, 1918). "New Incorporations" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-02-08.
  4. ↑ Staff (October 9, 1983). "Stuyvesant Polyclinic, At 100, Still Tends To Lower East Siders". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-02-08.
  5. ↑ Staff (January 26, 1927). "Movement Started to Change Stuyvesant Dispensary to German Polyclinic". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-02-08.
  6. ↑ Staff (February 26, 1954). "Stuyvesant Polyclinic Has 6,000,000th Patient". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-02-08.
  7. ↑ Staff (February 14, 1952). "Heads Stuyvesant Polyclinic". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-02-08.


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