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30-506: The Country Sanitarium came into existence as a result of the repeated observations that the proportion of consumptives among the sufferers treated in the Montefiore Home for Chronic Invalids was very large. In 1895, the project was started by Lyman Bloomingdale and heartily supported by Jacob Schiff . Established with beds for ten patients, it was enlarged in May 1898, to accommodate 40 with

60-407: A basement, containing a laboratory , morgue , cloak rooms, lavatory and bathrooms, and two upper floors. On the first floor were reading and dining rooms for patients, reception rooms, offices, and dining rooms for the medical officers and staff. The kitchen department was behind. On the second floor were the quarters of medical officers, matron, and secretary. There was also an operation room. Behind

90-465: A residence at Third Avenue and 59th Street in New York. In September 1905, Bloomingdale sold a property on 355 East 155th Street, a four-story flat. Bloomingdale also had a residence at 730 Park Avenue in New York, with other former tenants including Mitzi Newhouse , Sam Newhouse , Edward M. Warburg , and John L. Loeb . Bloomingdale died on October 13, 1905, at Elberon, New Jersey . The funeral

120-443: A resident medical officer, two assistants, and visiting staff in New York. Patients, who were admitted regardless of race, creed, or nationality, did a little light work in the sanatorium when fit for it. There was no limit to the length of their stay, except from medical considerations. In May 1901, new buildings were opened. The construction of the buildings was supervised by Dr. Sigard Adolphus Knopf . Efforts were made to confine

150-763: A secretary in his New York office. He and Mable had three children all of whom he educated at the finest schools and colleges on the east coast. He introduced his two daughters, Lucille and Gertrude, at the International Debutante Ball in Brussels and financially supported the children taking them to Europe with him. Lucille attended Columbia University, Gertrude went to Barnard College and Ken graduated from Brown where all of his children would also go. Knopf had dual residences in Europe and New York. In 1898, his book titled Pulmonary tuberculosis; its modern prophylaxis and

180-613: The University of Paris , he received an A.B. and B.S. from the institution in 1891. For the next four years he worked at hospitals in Paris while studying at the University of France , where he received his second M.D. in 1895. Following his work at a Paris hospital for tuberculosis patients, he returned to the United States in 1896 where he became a specialist in the treatment of the disease. During this time, he hired M. Maria (Mable) Gordon as

210-534: The First National Conference for Race Betterment. He called tuberculosis patients that bore children 'criminals' and was in favor of mandatory sterilization for patients that "procreated willfully". During World War I , he was given the rank of captain in the U.S. Army Medical Corps and helped to establish procedures for the prevention of pneumonia and tuberculosis. During his career he published over 400 works. He favored rehabilitation of prostitutes and

240-672: The Home in Manhattan with fruit and vegetables and dairy produce. Nearly all the patients were consumptives in an early stage, but a few were sufferers from asthma or neurasthenia . Only men were admitted, and no charge of any kind was made. There were no house physicians, but one of the visiting physicians of the Home in New York attended once a week, and more frequently if called through the telephone. The first annual report showed that 57 patients had been treated, of whom five were cured, eight were left in an improved condition, and 15 were transferred to

270-411: The Montefiore Home for Chronic Invalids in Manhattan, as their advanced condition of phthisis became detrimental to the surrounding incipient cases; and 29 cases remained in the sanatorium at the time the report was finished. It was exclusively for the consumptive poor, who were selected from the applicants for admission to the Montefiore Home for Chronic Invalids. The house physician of the institution

300-524: The Monteflore Home for Chronic Invalids, and treasurer for Temple Beth-El . His will, written in 1904, left $ 100,000 (equivalent to $ 3.4 million in 2023) for charitable purposes. Bloomingdale was married to Hattie Cullenberger in 1871. On April 17, 1872, the Bloomingdale brothers opened their first store at 938 Third Avenue, New York City, between 56 and 57 Streets, and Lyman and Hattie lived above

330-541: The United States in 1880. After being an instructor in non-English languages in the Los Angeles area he matriculated to the University of Southern California , where he studied during 1884–86. In 1888 he graduated with an M.D. from Bellevue Hospital Medical School , then practiced medicine in Los Angeles for two years. He was married to Perle Nora Dyar in 1889; the couple would have no children. Leaving for France to study at

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360-752: The Walters Piano Company and Arcade Realty Company. Bloomingdale furthermore was a director for both the Vulcan Detinning Company and the Hudson Oil Company. In late August 1902, the newly formed Consolidated National Bank elected Bloomingdale as a director. He was a member of the Chamber of Commerce , as well as various civic institutions and the Lafayette Post . After his death in 1905, Lyman's sons Hiram and Samuel took over as heads of

390-421: The administrative block was the engine house, and further on the boiler house with crematorium , laundry, steriliser, and dwellings for the male housekeepers. The place was lit with electricity, and heated by steam pipes. It got its water supply was from an artesian well 400 feet (120 m) deep, and had a storage tank of 32,000 US gallons (120,000 L; 27,000 imp gal) of water. The staff included

420-823: The department store. In 1929, Bloomingdale Brothers, Inc. was sold to the Federated Department Stores . He was a member of the Republican Club, the Harmonie Club , the Lotos Club , the National Arts Club , and others. He was a president of the Isaiah Lodge, Independent Order B'nai B'rith and of the Excelsior Lodge, Kesher Shel Barzel. A benefactor to a variety of causes and cultural institutions, he

450-504: The first of Jesse W. Reno ’s patented "inclined elevators" (early escalators ) were incorporated into the Bloomingdale Bros. store at Third Avenue and 59th Street. This was the first retail application of the devices in the US, and no coincidence, considering that Reno's primary financier was Lyman Bloomingdale. Involved in other business as well, Bloomingdale was president and director of

480-424: The hope of further extending the number of beds to 60. The two buildings were frame houses, one of which had a large veranda . There was also a good bathroom and heating with hot water. Originally a farm, the grounds covered 136 acres (55 ha) of land. Patients were sent there who were able to do a little light work, with the object of ultimately making the sanatorium self-supporting. It had already begun to supply

510-403: The inner measured 38 by 8 meters (125 ft × 26 ft). The administration block was placed symmetrically between them but a little further north. Each pavilion has two floors and a basement. The outer pavilions had on the first floor each 20 beds in 12 rooms, and on the second floor, each a ward with 24 beds. The inner pavilions had wards with 18 beds on each floor. There was a sunroom at

540-603: The local business and social elite. In 1904, he helped found the National Tuberculosis Association, since renamed the American Lung Association . During this time, Adolphus gained international acclaim as one of the world's most successful lung surgeons treating TB. Heads of national from all of the world sought his counsel in helping to treat and eradicate TB which had become a pandemic threat. A proponent of eugenics , in 1914 he helped organize

570-566: The number of patients to those in the incipient stages of the disease, although no extreme line was drawn. On September 1, 1903, there were 160 patients in the sanitarium, with room for 162. Partially cured patients were constantly being sent home from the sanitarium, and this explains the fact that the institution was not filled to its very limit. 41°14′18″N 73°42′40″W  /  41.23833°N 73.71111°W  / 41.23833; -73.71111 Lyman Bloomingdale Lyman Gustave Bloomingdale (February 11, 1841 – October 13, 1905)

600-581: The retailing of ladies clothing at their father's store. Lyman Bloomingdale was educated at various public schools in New York, and also attended Smith's Collegiate Institute. He served as a non-commissioned officer in the Kansas Volunteers in the Civil War . Going into the retail business for themselves, on April 17, 1872, the Bloomingdale brothers opened their first store at 938 Third Avenue , New York City, between 56th and 57th Streets. With Lyman as

630-466: The sole proprietor, the Bloomingdale brothers' new store sold a wide variety of European fashions, anchored through their own buying office in Paris . Their success resulted in the business outgrowing its premises and in 1886 they relocated operations to 59th Street and Third Avenue . His brother Joseph retired from the business on New Year's Day 1896, but Lyman remained involved until his death. By 1898,

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660-498: The southern end of each pavilion with 10 large windows and large verandas with southerly and northerly aspects. Each pavilion had its own closets, bathrooms, lavatories, store room, nurses' room, and cloakroom. The first and second pavilions were for men, the third for children over 14 years of age, and the fourth for women. The floors were of polished hardwood, with rounded angles, except in the closets, store rooms, and kitchen, where they were of mosaic tile. The administration block had

690-479: The store. Their two eldest sons Samuel and Hiram were born in this residence, and in 1876 the family moved to larger quarters in a residence in Beekman Place . They had five children: In the early morning of July 27, 1903, Wagner cottage in New York, owned by Lyman Bloomingdale, was destroyed by fire. Worth about $ 10,000 at the time, it had been unoccupied with the origin of the fire unknown. As of 1904, he had

720-767: The treatment in special institutions and at home was awarded the Alvarenga prize by the College of Physicians of Philadelphia . His 1900 book Tuberculosis as a disease of the masses and how to combat it was awarded the international prize by the International Congress to Combat Tuberculosis as a Disease of the Masses. This work led to the formation of the Committee for the Prevention of Tuberculosis by New York health professionals and

750-456: Was Dr. Herbert; the medical director, Dr. Joseph Fraenkel. It was the plan of the founders to add to the existing buildings some smaller cottages with separate rooms, more suitable for the care of tuberculous patients than the original large pavilion, which consisted only of a large dormitory. It was successively enlarged to accommodate 160 beds, at a total cost of US$ 200,000 , the largest addition having been completed in 1901. Memorial Day, 1901,

780-551: Was a long-term patron of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, donating several notable works such as a Washington Allston painting in 1901. He was also a patron of young artists. In 1901 he was a founder of the Monteflore Home Country Sanitarium for Consumptives at Bedford Station in New York, and he focused much of his time and energy on the institution. He was a director and treasurer for

810-473: Was a proponent for the establishment of birth-control clinics in order to counter the poverty and health issues associated with large families. He was a friend and supporter of Margaret Sanger giving many important speeches on the merits of birth control as well as picking her up from jail. He helped her found the American Birth Control League which later became Planned Parenthood . Knopf was

840-692: Was an American businessman and philanthropist. He is best known for retail, and in April 1872, with his brother Joseph , founded department store chain Bloomingdale's Inc. on 59th Street in New York City . Lyman Bloomingdale was born on February 11, 1841, in New York City, the son of the Bavarian -born, German Jewish immigrant Benjamin Bloomingdale and Hannah Weil. Lyman and his brother Joseph were trained in

870-551: Was held on October 15 at Temple Beth-El . Hattie Bloomingdale died in 1941, at the age of 89 at her home at 570 Park Avenue . Sigard Adolphus Knopf Sigard Adolphus Knopf (November 27, 1857 – July 15, 1940) was a Kingdom of Prussia -born American physician. Born Siegmund Knopf on November 27, 1857, he received his early education at the Higher Municipal School in Halle-on-the-Saale before moving to

900-481: Was the opening day of the new building of this institution. The enlarged building consisted of four pavilions and an administration block, united to the north by a corridor 99 meters (325 ft) long, somewhat after the style of the Massachusetts State Sanitarium. The two inner and the two outer pavilions corresponded respectively, the outer being 44 by 97 meters (144 ft × 318 ft), while

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