A short history of the rise and progress of the Manchester Royal Infirmary : from the year 1752 to 1877 / [F. Renaud].

  • Renaud, Frank.
Date:
1898
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Credit: A short history of the rise and progress of the Manchester Royal Infirmary : from the year 1752 to 1877 / [F. Renaud]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    an excellent preface, code of rules, names of Governors, and names of contributors. Also another account, printed by J. Harrop, in 1771. Along with these, is a printed copy of the Eules and Orders of the Public Infirmary at Manchester, dated 1709. These are all bound together in a book preserved at the Keference Library, Manchester. Early in 1706, the building was completed and ready for the reception of patients, when the following public notice was issued through the medium of the Press, August 5th:— '' The Trustees of the Manchester Infirmary take this means of thanking their generous benefactors for those liberal contributions whereby they have been enabled to erect their intended Hospital for the reception of Lunatics; and at the same time to acquaint the public that the building is now completed and properly accommodated for the entertaimnent of such unhappy patients. They have engaged a House Governor, and Governess, and proper persons to administer to their allotted departments; and the Physicians and Surgeons of the Infirmary have kindly undertaken to give their attendance gratis to the poor people that shall be admitted according to the following plan. The friends of the patients, or (in case of paupers) the Overseers of the parish or township, are desired to