A letter addressed to the treasurer of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh / [James Russell].

  • James Russell
Date:
1818
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Credit: A letter addressed to the treasurer of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh / [James Russell]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    than a Farthing a week. One Penny a month, would be One Shilling a year ;—a sum too inconsiderable to be felt as oppressive by any person in a situa¬ tion to contribute for any charitable purpose. And the most zealous advocates for the universal dis¬ tribution of the Bible, will not regard this pro¬ posal of allotting a small sum for the support of their sick and helpless brethren at home, as at all inconsistent with the purest principles of Chris¬ tian benevolence. Less than One Farthing a week, therefore, merely One Shilling a year from Twelve Thousand People, or Twelve Thousand Shillings, would amount to the sum of Six Hundred Pounds. By this means, then, a Fund would be created of great importance to the Hospital, and from a source which at present yields nothing. The Royal Infirmary has farther just ground of expectation to receive liberal support from se¬ veral of the neighbouring Counties, which annual¬ ly send a number of Patients to Edinburgh for gratuitous medical advice and assistance. The Three Lothians, Berwickshire, Roxburghshire, Selkirkshire, Peebles-shire, Stirlingshire, Clack* mananshire, Kinross-shire, Fifeshire, part of Perth¬ shire, and a great many from the Orkney Islands, employ the Royal Infirmary as a place of refuge in a great variety of diseases. These Counties