The Finsbury Dispensary, more fully the Finsbury Dispensary for Administering Advice and Medicines to the Poor,[1] was a charitable dispensary giving medical treatment to poor people in Finsbury, on the edge of the City of 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, where it was sometimes called the New Finsbury Dispensary.[2][3][4]
A number of well-known surgeons and physicians worked at the Finsbury Dispensary. These include;
^Samuel Lewis, A topographical dictionary of England, S. Lewis & Co., London, 1840.
^Roger M Ridley-Smith, "The Finsbury Dispensary" 2016-02-09 at the Wayback Machine, New Zealand Medical Journal, vol.119, no.1233, 5 May 2006, 15 April 2016.
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