A discourse on hospitals, past and present : delivered at the Bristol Institution for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art, March the 17th, 1862 / by Samuel Martyn.

  • Martyn, Samuel, 1828-1876.
Date:
1862
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Credit: A discourse on hospitals, past and present : delivered at the Bristol Institution for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art, March the 17th, 1862 / by Samuel Martyn. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    /; A DI800XJRS /■ . -■' >/ ON HOSPITALS, PAST AND PRESENT, ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE, LITEEATURE AND ART, Maech the 17th, 1862, SAMUEL MAETYN, M.D., M. R. C. P„ “ * * Well disposed persons may run into great perplexities, and gi-eat mistakes too, by being over-solicitous in distinguishing what are the most proper occasions for their charity, or who the greatest objects of it. And therefore, as on the one hand we are obliged to take some care not to squander that which, one may say, belongs to the poor, as we shall do, unless we competently satisfy ourselves beforehand, that what we put to our account of charity will answer some good purpose; so, on the other side, when we are competently satisfied of this, in any particular instance before us, we ought l)y no means to neglect such present opportunity of doing good, under the notion of making further enquiries; for of these delays there 'null be no end.”— Bishop Butleb. LONDON: .1. CHURCHILL, NEW BURLINGTON STREET. BRISTOL: T. KERSLAKE & Co., PARK STREET. DELIVERED AT THE BRISTOL INSTITUTION EOR THE BY Physician to the Bristol General Hospital. MDCCCLXII.