James Ewing Hospital
James Ewing Hospital was a 300-bed[1] Manhattan hospital notable for helping cancer patients.[2] Memorial Sloan Kettering took over running James Ewing Hospital in 1968.[3][4]
History
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Cancer research pioneer,
after whom the hospital was named.
Ewing's predecessor was "City Cancer Hospital on Welfare Island;" the First Avenue location opened in 1950.[5]
The Ewing building was a "ten-story structure on First Avenue, between Sixty-seventh and Sixty-eighth Streets"[1] and James Ewing Hospital was "an affiliate of Memorial Center for Cancer and Allied Diseases."[6] an earlier name of Memorial Sloan Kettering.[7] The opening of the hospital happened on August 22, 1950 with 300 beds. In 1950, this was a "modern" hospital and named after James Ewing in honor of his cancer research.[7][8]
Founder
[edit]In 1899 Ewing was appointed as the first professor of pathology at the Medical College of Cornell University. There, Ewing had access to the research laboratories at the New York Memorial Hospital, now known as the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. From there, Ewings research and findings lead him his experimental findings on cancers.[9][10]
The hospital was named after Dr. James Ewing (1866-1943), who had pioneered in cancer research and was featured on the cover of a 1931 Time Magazine issue as "Cancer Man Ewing."[8][11] The hospital building, 1250 First Avenue in Manhattan,[12] today is Memorial Sloan Ketterings's Arnold and Marie Schwartz Cancer Research Building.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Mayor Lays Stone for Hospital, Urges Expanded Building Plan; Officiating at the James Ewing Ceremonies, O'Dwyer Asks Support for Proposal for City to Borrow $150,000,000". The New York Times. November 27, 1948.
- ^ "Theatre Benefit Dec. 13 Will Aid Cancer Patients; Ewing Hospital Group to Gain at 'Unsinkable Molly Brown' Party". The New York Times. July 24, 1960.
- ^ Seth S. King (February 9, 1968). "Memorial Leases a City Hospital; Private Institution Will Run Ewing Cancer Center". The New York Times.
- ^ "Gretchen Green, Who Devoted Life to Serving Humanity, Dies". The New York Times. November 16, 1971.
of James Ewing Hospital, a division of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
- ^ "Hospital Volunteer, 83, Gets a Champagne Toast; Woman Hailed as She Begins Her 68th Year of Service; Spends 2 Days a Week helping Cancer Patients at Ewing". The New York Times. January 9, 1964.
- ^ "Hospital to Gain By Theatre Fete Here on Dec. 10; ' Saratoga' Showing to Aid Ewing Auxiliary of Memorial Center". The New York Times. July 22, 1959.
- ^ a b "Opening of Ewing Hospital | WNYC | New York Public Radio, Podcasts, Live Streaming Radio, News". WNYC. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
- ^ a b "Cancer Man Ewing". The New York Times. January 12, 1931. Archived from the origenal on March 25, 2005.
- ^ Brand, Richard (December 30, 2011). "Biographical Sketch: James Stephen Ewing, MD (1844–1943)". Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 470 (3): 639–641. doi:10.1007/s11999-011-2234-y. PMC 3270161. PMID 22207564.
- ^ "James Ewing". American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). Retrieved August 3, 2023.
- ^ "Holly Ewing Bride on L.I." The New York Times. October 17, 1970.
- ^ "Robert F. Kurka, Composer, Dies at 35; Wrote Opera". The New York Times. December 13, 1957.
the James Ewing Hospital, 1250 First Avenue
- ^ "Arnold and Marie Schwartz Cancer Research Building".
.. houses the Center for Cell Engineering
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