Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-01-08

In the Delaware Journal Of the 10Th ult., I find
the report of tho committee Of the Medical Aasocia
ton upon tue: subject Of Dispensary for Medi-
cines AMI 3iical services, with the proceedings
consequent thereupon. Now, suppose no one will
deny lnat among the great and good Institutions OF
Philadelphia, the Dispensary hollis prominent
and well deserved place. tina. an Institution of that
kind is q good and useful thing in any commun nifty
which has attained to respectable size. This we
believe to be tho case with our growing city But
it may be question whether all the appliances
found in Philadelphia, necessary, appropriate or
practicable in Wilmington.
Fer instance it may be necessary il that vast
city, whore wealth and poverty abound, and that to
an oxtent of which few Of us have any conception,
as to tho latter to have "a house suitable for such
an estab lishment, with convenient accommodations
toran apothec Try shop, and attendants, with rooms
for the patients of different sexes, physicians No."
but 10 1t necessary for all this here
1t is perhaps easy, from tho numerous gradua ties
OF the dlfarent medical schools there, to nd annu.
ally, young men VINO desire the advantages of an
institution OF ths kind for year two, before they
make private practice; but We have suol rsser :
vlr from whlcn to draw those, who will supply this
DsponsaTy. Our older physicians have enough do,
suspect in the round OF their business, and IN
their yh.es, 10 occupy their time and lead them to
require res instead ofrurthor employment and If
my views Of thom ara correct, l think it would be
unreasonable to ask a set Of men, who already are
foremost in personal sacrifices for their fellow cti
Gems, to tax their energies still further
"But the young DOco Ts, they want business ~
WHAT IS tue annual supply OF young men to this
town Tor i is not to DO supposed that tho same
physi9ans should retain the undesirable place for
many years Others can answer this question as
we'll as myself, and will fud il very meagre for
such service Again, probably 500 or $500 may
be SECURED for iUis purpOse-I do not know-it is
perhaps now being tested
But before the subject fully inaug urated would
BIO siht 10 know the opinion Of the committee upon
this question--aEd by the way it has appeared to
me that ia starting So important an object, the com
mittoe entered but a very short distance into the
pros aud coHs tile advantages anl disadvantages
OF so expensive piece OF machinery-I say that 1
would like to know from the comm ittee whether all
the benefits of the proposed plan might not be OBJ
tanned simply by fund of $500 or $500 at most
placed in tho hands Of committee to be appropri.
aIed BY them, to the purchase Of such medicines
Dc, as are kept by our druggists, on the preseriD
t5n of any physician, wi III his signature and charI
~ mark and whether again, all the medical ad
vice which would be then furnished ut the Dispen.
sary, il not now furnished willingly but free of ex.
pense by our physicians either in their Offices OF
at the homes of the poor? Those questions seem to
worth answcriug-ifnot by the original committee
then by the members OF the committees of the
al wards, to themselves, and to those upon whom il
is proposed that they shall call for assistance.
SOBER SECOND THOUGHT d"