Dr. Humphrey conducting research in Hemadsorbing properties of animal tumors. Heart & Lung machine, ca.1960. Below, Researcher at Meyer Memorial. Meyer Minutes News & Information publications. 33 Meyer Memorial Hospital 1939-1978 Study,treatment,andtrainingatMeyer. Inadditiontotrauma,MeyerMemorialwas also a center of study, treatment, and training when dealing with other dreaded conditions such as tuberculosis, epilepsy, and cancer. Meyer was the only center in Erie County where long-term care was provided for TB patients and it also maintained a Cancer Detection Center that operated two nights a week. Here, individuals could have an examination in time that could save pain and suffering later. By 1968, more than 27,000 men and women had availed themselves of the services. The fee? $20 for women and $15 for men. Because of research and study at teaching hospitals like Meyer, certain diseases like smallpox, a once virulent killer, and polio, a fearsome, crippling scourge, are now virtually eradicated.