The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-01-23 00:00:00

T 73Z LIVERPOOL HOMEFA7HIC DISPENSARY.

The annual general meeting of the subscribers of the
,'verPool Flommpathic Dispensary was held yesterday, at 2,
ztarford street, Mount pleasant, J. Yate Lee, Esq., in the
Abair,' Mr. Capper, the secretary, read the following

REPORT.
:The committee of the Liverpool Homcepathic Dispensary
gala present to the subscribers their annual report, and
in"gratulate them on the fact that their liberality has enabled
;*ereued numbers of the poor to receive the benefits of the
It
Will be seen that there is a steady increase in the yearly
tioher of patients treated, and it is thought that this cannot
of he taken as an evidence of the extended appreciation
to,,lnild medicine among the poorer classes. And the
t,Z,lnittee would here refer with pleasure to the recent
~t7ielishment of a self supporting dispensary in Pox street,
ee the auspices of Dr Hayward, in addition to that long
lished by Dr Roche in Clarence street.
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4!"`nY patients who usually apply to the free dispepsary can
3'd to
t 4„. pay a small sum for medical assistance, and most of
tof go to one or other of those establishments on being
;Toed of their existence.
3,g 4v6 '31111315er of now cases treated during 1856 amount to
.I,', against 3,40 r admitted in 1855.
".,e number of re-escriptions dispensed during the same
I,IQ hetn 19 565, against 16,161 last year.
III,: committee have had the services of a qualified house
no, Mr. Ccesswell, whose assiduous attention to his very
7)1; 65" duties is shown by the number of visits paid to
lolnts at their home since March 25, the cases so treated
much tinting to 290, and the number of visits being 1,130. So
t, zood has been done since the house surgeon has been
4t};:ched that the committee would urge upon the. subscribers
to necessity for making known the merits of this institution
%,17.6 widely among their friends. with the view of providing
bniitinaal medical assistance, which is absolutely necessary
;" the alternaive of altogether refusigg.relief to a large
'her of applicants he resorted to.
74.,,nnOdering the limited means hitherto placed at their dis-
;,l, they feel in a position to challenge a comparison with any
otrir institution of the kind in extent of operations and in good
tehi",e4. It is hoped that Liverpool may not long remain
11141:0le hernManchester, where there is an estab-
,i h°Peital working admirably.
triumphighabcohuireved at Donc:ter by one detoted to
A-it'n°Pithy, working single handed, shows what we
inter accomplish accoraplish if the efforts of the subscribers and those
Jot sted in honiceepathy were more earnestly exerted. A
tai hospital has been founded there, by Dr. Dunn, who
tv4,-1,1.°4 the good opinion of his fellow townsmen in many
bt and to wham the whole homoeopathic public must ever
',seP'y indebted.
Ittit charitable gentleman, lately deceased, bequeathed during
;I,,Dtut Year to your institution a legacy of £5O, and we have
etZacknowledge one or two handsome donations. It is by
el and large donations, that charities endure and are
eta. ~`' to extend their sphere of usefulness. The friends of
Ittedrn li cause ought not to be behind those who endow other
ea charities with large sums.
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th routine business followed, and a vote thanks was given
holior.zy medical officers, for their services during the
"eir,