The first report of the Society for the Treatment and Attendance of Poor Persons Afflicted with Diseases and Distortions of the Spine, Chest, Hips, &c.

  • Verral Charitable Society (London, England)
Date:
1838
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Credit: The first report of the Society for the Treatment and Attendance of Poor Persons Afflicted with Diseases and Distortions of the Spine, Chest, Hips, &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    Abbey:—“ Individual exertion can do much for the amelioration of human misery. The most necessary, the most intimate, the most delightful exercises of kindness, benevolence, and affection, among the human race, are those which individuals, as relations, as friends, and neighbours, perform in their individual characters. But the most extensive, and the most efficient, in relieving general misery, are those which they perform in their associated capacities as families, as societies, and as communities. But when the disinterested exertions of individuals, who have time to spare, and who, from motives of real piety, are disposed to spend it in the service of the destitute,—when they are supported in their designs by a charitable, but busy community, who delegate to them the inspection, the relief, and the superintendence of the objects who need assistance, the maximum of good which can result from human benevolence is perhaps in this way attainable.” MR. VERRAL, The Medical Officer of the Society, may be consulted, gratuitously, at No. 10, Lowther Arcade, Strand, On Tuesdays and Saturdays, between the hours of Ten and Twelve. Donations and Annual Subscriptions received by Messrs. Houlston & Hughes, Booksellers, 154, Strand, who are Agents to the Society; by Mrs. Henry Ogle, East Bourne, Sussex, who at present acts as Honorary Secretary and Manager; by Messrs. Houlston & Son, 65, Paternoster Row; and at the Office of the Society, No. 10, Lowther Arcade, Strand. REGULATIONS. Subscribers of One Guinea annually will be entitled to nominate a Patient, and to renew the nomination every succeeding year, provided the former Patient shall have been discharged. Subscribers of Two or more Guineas annually will be entitled to nominate Patients in the same proportion. Donators of Two Guineas will be entitled to nominate a Patient. Donators of Five Guineas will be entitled to nominate three Patients. Donators of Ten Guineas will be entitled to nominate six Patients, and so on in proportion. In the present infant state of the Society it is impossible to fix completely the regulations, or to calculate the probable expenses of couches, medicines, applica- tions, &c.; but it is supposed that donators to any considerable amount may be entitled to an unlimited nomination. When Patients nominated reside at some considerable distance from London, it will seem necessary that some addition should be made to the guinea subscription, to cover the necessary expenses of an occasional visit. It is expected that the persons nominated shall be in such circumstances as to render them proper objects of benevolence, in consequence of their being unable to defray the expenses for themselves. On the part of the patients or their friends, it is expected that all couches, mattresses, &c. shall be returned to the office of the Society as soon as they may be done with. A Report of the transactions of the Society will be presented, at the end of the first year, to every Patron and Subscriber, when some further regulations will be proposed relative to its future management.
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