10 A HISTORY OF NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION 



losis who are without means of support. The fourth oldest 

 institution of this kind is the one established in 1876 by the 

 Philadelphia Protestant Episcopal City Mission. It is known as 

 the Home for Consumptives at Chestnut Hill. 



The first private sanatorium in the United States was estab- 

 lished in 1875 in Asheville, N. C., by Dr. Joseph W. Gleitzmann. 

 The first sanatorium for the poor and those of moderate means 

 was founded by Dr. E. L. Trudeau at Saranac Lake in 1884, 

 under the name "Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium." The first 

 sanatorium established near a large city without regard to cli- 

 matic advantages was the Sharon Sanatorium, near Boston. It 

 was opened in 1890 and owes its existence to the enthusiasm and 

 personal work of Dr. Vincent Y. Bowditch. 



In 1896 there was established the second private sanatorium 

 situated at Liberty, but a few hours by rail from New York city. 

 The institution was named in honor of the late Professor Alfred 

 Loomis, who had been so active in helping in the creation of the 

 Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium, now the Trudeau Sanatorium. 

 The late Dr. Herbert Maxon King became physician-in-chief of 

 the Loomis institution, and thanks to his devotion, scientific 

 attainment, and charming personality the institution has grown 

 to be one of the most important private sanatoria in the United 

 States. 



In the same year was established a semi-philanthropic insti- 

 tution known as the Eudowood Sanatorium. The name has 

 since been changed to The Hospital for Consumptives of Mary- 

 land. It receives the white citizens of Maryland and has a 

 capacity of 105 patients. The first officers of the hospital were 

 Daniel W. Hopper, president, and W. B. Canfield, M.D., secre- 

 tary; the present officers are Henry Barton Jacobs, M.D., presi- 

 dent, and W. Graham Bowdoin, secretary. 



Thanks to the enthusiasm and energy of Miss Louisa F. 

 Loring, of Massachusetts, Dr. Charles F. McMahan, Dr. Ernest 

 S. Cross, and other prominent citizens of Aiken, S. C., an ad- 

 mirable little institution was established in that community in 

 1897, known as the Aiken Cottage Sanatorium. It has since 

 grown to considerable proportions and is doing excellent work 

 for tuberculous invalids whose finances do not permit their being 



