A general state of the Whitehaven Dispensary, : for the year 1807.

  • Whitehaven Dispensary (Whitehaven, England)
Date:
[1808]
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Credit: A general state of the Whitehaven Dispensary, : for the year 1807. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    27 A GENERAL STATE OF THE For the Year 1807. (Printed by John IVare, in King-Jirect, Wbitchavtn ) IT appears, from the Regifters of this Charity, that fince its primary eftablifhment, in 1783, a period of 25 years, the falutary aids of Medicine and Surgery have been adminiftered to more than 94,000 perfons. Many of thefe unhappy objefts, affli£ted with the combined fufferings of poverty and ficknefs, had the ftrongeft claim on the com- panion of all who enjoyed the power of mitigating their forrows. On many occafions, indeed, have the Directors of this Dispensary witneffed the melancholy fight of a fellow-creature enduring at the fame time the evils of extreme indigence, and ofdifeafe; accompanied with moft excruciating pains. If there could be a gratification more ex- quifite in enjoyment, or reflexion, than that which A arifes