New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-03-27
ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEMILT DISPEN-
SARY

The Anniversary meeting OF the Demls Dbpenssry
was held las. evening in the large Hall Of the Dispes-
sary, corner Of Secondsv. and Twersy-.hird-st.
The Managers presented their Annual Beport.
which shows that 1895 patients have been treated
during the year ending March l. 1855, Of whom ,0S<
were males and $40 femsles; 90 s49 prescriptions
have been dispensed. OF the patients, lt6 have been
sent to Hospital. 2o2 have died, l03 are under
treatment and IA, ass discharged cured The receipts
for the year past have been 90, lo7.
The Rev. WV. ADAMS inside very few remarks.
IN which he touched upon many Of the historic
worthless Of the science Of medicine, aud considered
the religious aspects of the Instiuton, after which,
DIR. FRANKIIN TUrHILL, Of The Ner. York Ba,ly
Times proceeded &c speak the glory OF the medi-
eel profession at the present time. He thought THAI
when the peculiar and browning glory OF the century
came TO be named by II q writer OF history It would
be not railroads or the mighty evishsns Of the dsep
but the works Of benevolence. and irst among them
the work of the pf ysician. He portrayed the hard
ships and discomforts of the DlsPensary physician.
the Injuries that he left 70 attend the suffering. Peo-
pie nigh. say that after eli the life saved was only
az other rishr ans but he believed that about ons-
eighth of the Know Nothings "a well S these little
patients had Irish fathers and motbers lApplsuse
and a biss No matter said DIR. Tu,hill Ia relation
TO the hiss, no matter II II was only an Irishman:
Reports seon to be published, he said showed thse
there were among al the Dspensaries OF the CITY
10000 foreignborn patients 10 80 900 nativei ne hsd
supposed that the proportion Of foreigners would Dc
much larger. The number of deaths among this
large number had been only 800, aod the average
cost Of the medical servce and medicine admnieefed
i63 cents sum for which one could not get sec
ond class doctor to look at his tongue. II this WAS
not the wsest and most economical mode In whico
benevolence could be exercised, what w1f In
Bellevue Hospital, according to returns which wouid
soon be published, the average expense ~, ne Va
vised al therefore, who bad soy money to invest,
to put II into dspensary, where very htffe money
would 20 u very great ways
Mr. JAMS w. GERARD was then introduced: He
said that it was well to remember that we lived IN !se
third largest City in Christsndom. Our population
bad peculiarly which was not found IN LONDON
London was a village in respect to the homossnity
of its population. But New-fork was almost Q
foreign City OF the 100000 INHABITANTS Oh Ss scc
foreigners daily into our City We should h.ve thus
influx at least for the next age We must look fsy
in the face. And the eIigency was met and eatlsied
The public schools OF the CRY made OF inc nss'S
Irisbmen, fair haired Norwegians, or dark eyed tA.
ians, good Americans enough to satisfy the most
ultra Know Nothing. He proceeded to exsnns
the report Of the Managers and in the ceass o. az.
ssry on the scarcity Of the prescriptions 10 co~pa.
son with the gre at number Of the psenis lie thought
that the doses which the average ssuic nSs
| 10 O. the founder and god Of msd1esne Apoto
ss couausrod Of ths monster Python which Pc.
soni6sd Malaria The law could not 80 becs
ia. 8 that :, No LAYER Il W. ~. Ws. v
No ess thsn 900 persons had been relieved tnsrs
during the presfn, season of Distress. There were
| slao In the Ward many gentlemen who, ne hsd ~
doubt would relieve the Dispensary OF its pecuuiary
endorsements, and he would immediately enroll
himself as member. Applause
The meeting was closed by the election OF the ioi.
lowirg named gentlemen Managers for the ensuing
year:
Frederick f. Mather, President; John Campbell,
fret Vice. President Henry N. Alexander, second
Vice President; William Walker, Treasurer Ashbel
Jr, Henry A. HurIbut, Peter McMsrtin, John J..
Walker, Nathapisl Hayden, Charles Tracy, Adam
W. Spies, Joseph +: Joy, Giles Bsbcook. Nathaniel
R. Long John IL. Earle, VIM. Smith Brown, Clark
son n. Potter, Henry Young, james Low, A. A.
Bremner, Charles c. Savage, Rufus r. skeel, George
w. Able Directors.