The Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden is pleased to host the following lecture:
TUBERCULOSIS: THEN AND NOW
October 9, 6pm
Until the early 1900s tuberculosis, or consumption, was the leading cause of death in New York City. Cathey Falvo, MD, MPH, will discuss why it was so deadly then and why the risk of a major recurrence
in the U.S. still exists today, despite our knowledge of the nature of the disease. This is the second in the Museum’s public health lecture series.
Tickets are: $10 Adults, $5 Museum Members
The Mount Vernon Hotel Museum building was constructed in 1799 as a carriage house and converted into a “day hotel” in 1826. Today the museum transports visitors back
to that Mount Vernon Hotel, a 19th-century country resort for New Yorkers escaping the crowded city below 14th Street. The Museum’s mission is to preserve and interpret travel, leisure, work and play in diverse antebellum New York.
The Museum is located at 421 East 61st Street between First and York Avenues. It is easily accessible from 59th Street/Lexington Avenue on the
4, 5, 6 or N, R, Q. For further information call the Museum at 212-838-6878 or visit
www.mvhm.org.
Feel free to forward this information to your students or anyone else who might be interested.
Terri Daly
Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden
421 East 61st Street
New York, NY 10065
212-838-6878 x32