Dr. Neal Flomenbaum to present Heberden Society Lecture, October 4, 2011

Neal Flomenbaum, M.D., Professor of Clinical Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, and Emergency Physician-in-Chief, NewYork Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, will present the first Heberden Society Lecture of the 2011-12 academic year, on Tuesday, October 4, 2011.

Emergency Medicine in Lower Manhattan in the late 1800's: Everything Old is New Again.
Tuesday, October 4. 6:00 p.m. (Light refreshments served at 5:30)
The New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 Fifth Avenue.

Treasure of the Week

York Lodge Bloomingdale Hospital

York Lodge located on Orienta Point, Long Island Sound was purchased by Bloomingdale Hospital (now Westchester Division) in 1922.  Both patients and staff used the lodge until 1982. 

Bloomingdale Asylum in the News!

Just a few days ago, as I turned on my home computer, accessed the internet and glanced at my Yahoo home page, I noticed that one of the news stories flashing across the Yahoo site dealt with the Bloomingdale Asylum. The Asylum, named after the area of upper Manhattan formerly known as Bloomingdale, once operated where Columbia University now stands. Established by New York Hospital in the early 19th century to care for the mentally ill, the records of the asylum now live here in the Medical Center Archives.

There's a Cartoon for Almost Anything

I am currently processing the papers of Dr. Harry Gold, a former New York Hospital (now NewYork-Presbyterian) cardiologist and Cornell University Medical College (now Weill Cornell Medical College) faculty member. As a pioneer in the use of digitalis glycosides for the treatment of cardiac failure, Dr. Gold conducted numerous studies while working out of cardiac clinics at New York Hospital, Beth Israel Hospital, and the Hospital for Joint Diseases. While doing so, Dr.