History of the York dispensary: : containing an account of its origin and progress to the present time; comprising a period of fifty-seven years. / By Oswald Allen.

  • Allen, Oswald, of York.
Date:
1845
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Credit: History of the York dispensary: : containing an account of its origin and progress to the present time; comprising a period of fifty-seven years. / By Oswald Allen. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A general meeting of the subscribers was held on March 31st, 1842, for the purpose of electing a Phy- sician to this Institution, in the room of Dr. Beckwith who had resigned, and Dr. Goldie was unanimously appointed. At the same meeting it was resolved, that the fol- lowing vote of thanks be presented to Dr. Beckwith upon his retiring from the Institution as one of its Physicians : 4 The Directors, medical Officers, and supporters of the York Dispensary, assembled to elect a Physician, beg to ex- press their deep regret that ill health has caused the resig- nation of Dr. Beckwith, senior Physician to this invaluable Charity; and unanimously return their best thanks for his able, faithful, regular, and unwearied services during the long period of thirty-four years as Physician to this Institution; and also for his uniform kindness and attention to the poor.’ At a meeting of the Directors held July 5th, 1843, a Code of Rules was prepared and laid before the meeting by Samuel Tuke, Esq.; when it was re- solved,— 4 That the meeting be adjourned for the further conside- ration of those rules by the Committee; and also that the medical Officers of this Institution be requested to revise the Pharmacopoeia of the Dispensary, with a view to the more ceconomical dispensation of medicines.’ At a general meeting of the subscribers held October 11th, 1842, Thomas Wood Wilson, Esq. was unani-