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

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.

30/30 page 30

$I 30 consists of Physicians, Surgeons, and Apothecaries, resi¬ dent in London, or within seven miles of it:—Candidates for admission into it must be recommended by Two Mem¬ bers on their personal knowledge:—they must be propo¬ sed at one of the Quarterly Courts of Directors, and ballotted for at the next—and these Courts meet on the third Wednesday in March, June, September, and De¬ cember. Subscriptions and Donations are received by the Treasurers, Dr. Denman, Dr. J. Sims, and Dr. Dennison, —and by Mr. George Hunt, Collector, No. 2, Cock- court, Ludgate-hill. And to such as are inclined to become Benefactors by Will, the following form is recommended as proper: “ I give and bequeath to the President, Vice-Presi- “ dent. Treasurers, and Members of the Society for re- \ lieving the Widows and Orphans of Medical Men in il London and its vicinity, the sum of ? “ which I desire may he paid out of my personal estate, “ and applied to the purposes of the said Society. N. B. Devises of land, or money charged on land, or to be laid out in land, are void by the Statute of Mortmain. C. Baldwin, Printer, New Biidgs-street, London. ($