Finsbury Dispensary
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The Finsbury Dispensary was a charitable dispensary dispensing medical treatment to the poor in Finsbury
, London. It was founded in 1780 by a quaker, one George Friend. It operated from various premises during its existence in the 19th century, notably, between 1819 and 1838 it occupied a large, well-appointed house in St. John's Street, at which premise it is sometimes called the New Finsbury Dispensary.
A number of well-known surgeons and physicians worked at the Finsbury Dispensary. These include;
Finsbury
Finsbury is a district of central London, England. It lies immediately north of the City of London and Clerkenwell, west of Shoreditch, and south of Islington and City Road. It is in the south of the London Borough of Islington. The Finsbury Estate is in the western part of the district...
, London. It was founded in 1780 by a quaker, one George Friend. It operated from various premises during its existence in the 19th century, notably, between 1819 and 1838 it occupied a large, well-appointed house in St. John's Street, at which premise it is sometimes called the New Finsbury Dispensary.
A number of well-known surgeons and physicians worked at the Finsbury Dispensary. These include;
- John AndreeJohn Andree (surgeon)John Andree, junior , was an English surgeon.-Life:Andree was born about 1740, the son of Dr. John Andree, senior, to whom one of his books is dedicated. He was apprenticed to Mr. Grindall, senior surgeon to the London Hospital, and in 1766 he appears as a lecturer on anatomy in London, and surgeon...
(appointed 1781) - William Charles WellsWilliam Charles WellsWilliam Charles Wells MD FRS FRSEd , was a Scottish-American physician and printer. He lived a life of extraordinary variety, did some notable medical research, and made the first clear statement about natural selection. He applied the idea to the origin of different skin colours in human races,...
(appointed 1790) - Charles AldisCharles AldisSir Charles Aldis was an English surgeon. His son, Charles James Berridge Aldis, was also a physician.Aldis was born in 1775 or 1776 in Norfolk. He was the son of Daniel Aldis, a medical practitioner. He came to London in 1794 and studied at Guy's and Bartholomew's Hospitals...
- Golding BirdGolding BirdGolding Bird was a British medical doctor and Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London. Bird became a great authority on kidney diseases and published a comprehensive paper on urinary deposits...
(appointed 1836) - James PagetJames PagetSir James Paget, 1st Baronet was a British surgeon and pathologist who is best remembered for Paget's disease and who is considered, together with Rudolf Virchow, as one of the founders of scientific medical pathology. His famous works included Lectures on Tumours and Lectures on Surgical Pathology...
(appointed 1841)