Schloendorff v. Society of the New York Hospital

New York Court of Appeals · Decided 1914-04-14

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Cardozo, J. In the year 1771, by royal charter of George HI., the Society of the New York Hospital was organized for the care and healing of the sick. During the century and more which has since passed, it has devoted itself to that high task. It has no capital stock; it does not distribute profits; and its physicians and surgeons, both the visiting and the resident staff, serve it w…

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