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medical ail and medicines, and the benefit of opprops;at..
baths ; and under the blessing of Div ne Pr vii eee
nearly 6,00 poor persot.s so afflicted nave been reel-
pients of the bount.. of the charity, and most satisfectry
it is to state, that more than two-thirds of the numb r
bee • e been relieved from sufferings which, in many iii-
4taNes, had distressed them for years, and for which
they had, in vain, sought relief from other sources.
" In the early part of the year 1844 the Committee of
Management found that the premises then occupied by
the Institution in London were totally inadequate for the
accommodation of the daily increasing number of appli-
cants fur relief, it was therefore determined to make a
public appeal to obtain a fund, which would enable the
managers to take larger premises, and to erect such a
suite of baths as were necessary to carry out the cura-
tive process required by the numerous patients, and so
as to enable them to apply the healing and alleviating re-
medies to the necessities of their poor and afflicted fellow
Creatures At this juncture of the charity, the committee,
induced by the cause of humanity, had exceeded the
Means of their disposal, and the appeal they had made
on behalf of the charity fell short of its object, when,
through Divine Providence, the charity became known
to Mr. Edward Moxhay (through a patient who, after
Years of suffering, had been effectually relieved by its
Means') whn, with his usual desire to do good—his
Promptness and foresight, submitted the history of the
Institution, for the first time, to that great philanthropist,
Samuel Gurney, Eq. This gentleman personally ac-
quainted himself with the particulars and merits of the
Institution ; and after a careful examination of its ob-
jects and details, expressed himself satisfied of its great
utility, and of his desire and determination to afford it
his best support. This benevolent and truly highly-
izwlynded individual, instantly phced at the disposel of a
organised Committee sufficient funds to take the
present very convenient pri miss occupied by the Insti-
tution, and to erect thereon a suite of baths for the
gratuitous use of the patients, so as to enable the C'ln.
Mittee to carry out all the objects contemplated by the
original promoters of the cheriry.
"It will be evidt nt to sli wishers of this Institu-
tion that all this has not been accompliehed without cell •
siderahle outlay.
" In stating this, the committee live a grateful plea-
sure in acknowledeine that the different parties em-
ployed in placing the building in Bridee-street in its
Present state of efficiency, influenced by the rout eha-
ritable feelings, have, in addition to the nonorary officers
of the Institution, gratuitously given up their time and
services to the promotion of the interests of this most
useful charity.
"It will be apparent by this report that the Institution
has effected a great am• lint of r. fief to th tt p .rtion of
their fellow-creatures who suffer the most beceuse they
ean least afford the means of &staining. relief; ~ncl also
evident that a great amount of expenditure has been in-
curred. The latter the Committee have a full confi-
dence the present meeting Nvill amply enable them to
Ineet.

The Committee now feel that it is their duty to express
their thanks to the Noble Chairm,n, the Lord Vi•ek.ont
Sarldnri, M.P., fur the honor and countenance he ha this
day conferred upon them and the Institution, by pre,Jiing
14 its first anniversary, and they west earth s=l,' alt-
Peal to the meeting to respond to his Lordsl,ip's
generous and kind advocacy of the Institution, by libe-
ral Pecuniary assistance and kind cu-operation, with the
certainty that the infant charity they are thus fostering
Will, to use the emphatic words of the President, Samuel
Gurney, Esq., enable them ' to do the most good at the
least cost, that is attached to any charitable in,tiintion
Ile,
which he is acquainted.' This fict, it is believed,
will appear from the medical report for the past year,
which will be now read by the Honorary Surg.-on,
duties Startin Es ''
Mr.,' ' cl•
the fo •
.TARTIN, surgeon to the Institution, then read
Bow ing medical report :
Of the London
MEDICAL DEPORTtion Cutaneous Institution, from its founda.,
The total September, m 1841, to Midsummer, 1845.
number of patients admitted
tineetnhe tlir.! years and nine months has
Iti the first nine'' ' months— ' ***
****** ******** * **
1842.****** **
**
804
In the second year ending June, 1843 1,175
In the third year ending June, 1844 1,508
In the fourth year ending June, 1845

5,549

5,49 Showing that the increase of patients has not only besen
progressing, but that the number of the last year is
double that of the first.
At Midsummer, 1844, the patients in at-
tendance at the Institution were
And there have been since admitted to
Midsummer, 1845, as above stated

2.062

Making the total number under treatment
from Nlidsummer, 1844, to Midsummer.
1845 ................
Of this number there have been cured
Relieved
PlattendingNot to report relief
ncurable
Demd
Patients still under treatment

2,715
Making the total
"It roay be proper in tAis plan,, to inform the
Meeting that the cases above detailed are for the
most part of no light or trivial nature, hut that the
diseases for which relief is sought, are com-
InunlY hereditary, and the patients have been SuiTering far years, and sometimes for their
Whole lives. The average time that tiiPsp patients are
under the car. of the Institution is fr.on two to thiee
Months. Daring the past year 115 eases only of the
common well-known conta.:iou-, skin disease have been
admitted, and in these cases a week's attentlatice is suffi-
cient to effect at cure,
"It will be observed by a reference to the numerical
report for the past year, that fewer Patients are tinder
treattnert now than was the case at that period, not-
witl standing the daily increase of new pati,nts, an
average of sixty a week being at this time entered on
the books.
"Thisgratifying fact is to be attributed to the curative
effect derived from the very excellent suite of baths now
attached to this charity ; for it may be mentioned that
the Institution contains twenty-five baths, and that each
may be used twice in an hour : so that
pt the hiaooy
of the hot water from the Apotheclries Comp•lny fy•
not withheld), arrangements are m isle for the daily 0-
Ministration of some hundreds or hor ,ilul e. ld
each sex being provided with distinct a..2coinat
and attendants.
"These baths may be medicated so as to resembe any
known mineral water; there are also shower, vapour, and
hot air, or fume baths, which admit not only of having
their temperature raised or depres-ed at pleasere, but
their effects may be
modified by various mineral and
vegetable substances, according to the nature and re-
quirements of the patient's malady.
„ " With respect to the hot air or fume barlis, this perhaps
Terms one of the most potent agents in the cu..e of cent-
IIeOUS disorders, as by its means the surface (.f the
patient's body is exposed to a heat of 140 to 180 degrees
of Fahrenheit, and when in this state of excitement,
Whilst every pore is exhaling its vitiated secretion, the
absorbing power of the skin Meg priTortionally in-
creased, exactly regulated quantities of the roost power-
ful remedies may be applied, in their most minute state
of subdivision, that of gas or vapour.
"It may be necessary to observe that by this means
the most obstinate and afflictive hereditary diseases of
the skin admit of greater relief than by any other known
method.
" This apparatus for both sexes, with the entire suite
of baths, forming the charit ,ble bathing establishment at-
tached to the Institution, will be found in unrivalled per-
fection, affording to your medical officers, and the indigent
sufferers under their care, new, useful, and readily available
remedies, which have been so welcomed by the afflicted
for whose benefit your generosity has furnished them,
that the number of patients profiting by their use since
they were opened three months ago has been 771, and it
Must be borne in mind that (Wads permitting) this
/lumber is but a tithe of what can be accomplished
" It may also be gratifying to mention that a charity-
net Placed in the bathers' waiting-room has contained
f.t. 78. 9d. from small contributions since the o nig of
the baths, and, as a further example of the estimation in
"Which this establishment is held, I beg to read a letter
shred from the Secretary of the Royal Humane So-
li"tetyt accepting the offer of the baths, should they be re-
red in any case of suspended animation occurring in
e neighbourhood of the Institution."
(COPY.)
" "Trafalgar-square, March 20, 1845.
to:STO ROGER THORNTON, ESQ , HON. SEC., &C., &C., &C.
ir,—Having submitted to a meeting of the Diree-
ot. the Royal Humane Society your letter of the 25th
(s, I am instructed to convey through you, to the
Znelltittee of the London Cutaneous Institution, their
tlannest thanks for the very considerate off. r
of the free
ri?'a
of the suite of hot baths of that charity in cases re-
-sttirng them occurring near Blackfriars-bridge.
rc,,," beg to inclose a copy of the Society's la.t annual
Port, and remain, Sir, your obedient servant,
" J. CHARMER, Secretary."
• "Finally, I beg to inform this meeting that, with the
i.4l,2tien of the Committee and my medical brethren, it
it'udi intention to admit students, under necessary regu-
ttiti'°lls, to witness the medical and surgical practice of
malice Institution and that I shall, in October next. corn-
-41.1c0 a course of clinical lectures on the diseases for
loch this charity Pis specially founded.
"eitily 3, 1845."
it EDWARD BUXTON, in a short, but eloquent speech,
Proposed the health of the Chairman.
Thank with three time three.
notice CHAIRMAN, in returning thanks, said that his
had been first directed to the institution by the
attacks
, and
e-g which had been made upon it in the public
tlega
eat' finding on inquiry that the institution had
unjustly attacked, and that it was an institution
WOrth
11,„3 YOl support, he had felt bound to come forward
pose support it.—(Loud cheers.) He would now pro-
Dthe health of the medical ollicers of the institution.
rank with three times three.
411). RODGRIN, and Dr. SOUTHWOOD SMITH, returned
buanks.
theT Iron. Secretary, BOYES MARTIN, Esq., then red
list of subscriptions, which, including a donate n
r°,.„111, Gurney,Esq, of 501., am nutted to 6991 Iss.
The CHAIRMAN then proposed the " Health of T.
IkeY, Esq., and the Committee of ManaemeEt."
to Mrank with three times three. g
r. T. HANKEy, in returning thanks, alluded, in
,`,_s of well-merited eulogy, to the exertions of Mr.
ttOoutou.,tion.
na3', of the Hall of Commerce, on behalf of this In-
Indeed, Mr. Moxhay might be called its
tot uer, for, had it not been for his exertions, it would
w have been in existence. It was Mr. Moxhay
the° u
illera itd drawn the attention of Mr. Gurney, jun., to
4cs of this Institution, and through him they had
thquired the valuable support of Mr. S. Gurney. He
d en alluded to the benefits conferred on the City of Lan-
-4,410Y Mr. Mozhay in founding the Hall of Commerce,
ailed upon all those who felt that he had, by so