Finsbury_Dispensary

Finsbury Dispensary

Finsbury Dispensary

Charitable dispensary giving medical treatment to poor people

The Finsbury Dispensary, more fully the Finsbury Dispensary for Administering Advice and Medicines to the Poor,[1] was a charitable dispensary giving medical treatment to poor people in Finsbury, on the edge of the City of London. It was founded in 1780 by a Quaker, one George Friend. It operated from various premises during its existence in the 19th century, notably, between 1819 and 1838 it occupied a large, well-appointed house in St. John's Street, where it was sometimes called the New Finsbury Dispensary.[2][3][4]

A number of well-known surgeons and physicians worked at the Finsbury Dispensary. These include;

References

  1. [1]
    Plan of the Finsbury Dispensary for Administering Advice and Medicines to the Poor. 1788. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  2. [2]
    Samuel J. Rogal, John Wesley's London: a guidebook, p.104, Edwin Mellen Press, 1988 ISBN 0-88946-823-0
  3. [3]
    Samuel Lewis, A topographical dictionary of England, S. Lewis & Co., London, 1840.
  4. [4]
    Roger M Ridley-Smith, "The Finsbury Dispensary" Archived 2016-02-09 at the Wayback Machine, New Zealand Medical Journal, vol.119, no.1233, 5 May 2006, archived 15 April 2016.
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