A plan of a charitable institution, intended to be established upon the sea coast : for the accommodation of persons afflicted with such diseases as are usually relieved by sea bathing / by John Latham.

  • John Latham
Date:
1791
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Credit: A plan of a charitable institution, intended to be established upon the sea coast : for the accommodation of persons afflicted with such diseases as are usually relieved by sea bathing / by John Latham. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    fo that it fliould become permanently capable of difpenfing its benefits, was not quite fo obvious,—The Charitable Fund eftablifhed at Buxton (which is formed from a very fmall contribution folicited by a gentleman, who adts as a fteward, in each lodging houfe, from every vifitor who frequents the place, and which has been found, under the management of an adive treafurer, ade- quate to the accommodation of a few objeds during fix months of the year) prefented me with lome ideas favourable to my projed,—‘and I once thought of recommending an eftablifhment of a fi» milar kind in moft of the principal places of refort upon the fea-fhore; but as there are many inconveniences attends, ing the execution of it, and a greater extenfion of good may in my opinion be