A letter to the members of the society for relieving the widows and orphans of medical men, in London and its vicinity. / By James Ware, Surgeon, F.R.S. Published by Order of the Court of Directors.

  • James Ware
Date:
1810
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Credit: A letter to the members of the society for relieving the widows and orphans of medical men, in London and its vicinity. / By James Ware, Surgeon, F.R.S. Published by Order of the Court of Directors. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    compose it;—mor, in short, the smallest degree of constraint on any. I merely wish to have the propriety considered of permitting a decla¬ ration by the Presiding Officer On the occasion, that he is willing to receive donations, for the benefit of the Society, from such gentlemen as are disposed to give them. Benevolence can never injure either conviviality or hilarity; and, if gentlemen are disposed to be benevolent, an opportunity is afforded on these occasions to exercise it in a direct and easy manner. Such a measure is sanctioned by the practice of al¬ most every Society that is constituted for a benevolent purpose ;* and the experience of * The Sons of the Clergy, in addition to'' 391/. 11s. 6d. which was received at the ? Church, on the last Anniversary, collected j after dinner.J The London Hospital, in addition to'| 42/. 10s. collected at the Chape], and | 780/. 16s. received in the course of theyear J> in legacies and benefactions, collected j after dinner.^ The Marine Society collected after dinner £. s. ■ n 466 7 S 1476 14 0 679 18 0 The