1794), and its separate organization abandoned, its duties being discharged by the latter society. Office corner of Dudley and Bartlett streets. Cambridge Dispensary. Western Avenue and Green Street, Cambridge. Incorporated in 1874, for the purpose of providing, and maintaining a free dispensary and medical and surgical aid for the sick or disabled poor. The city is divided into five districts, to each of which is assigned a physician. In addition eight physicians are assigned for duty at the central office. The physicians are appointed by the directors in November of each year, and they commence their term of service on the first of January following. The central office is open for patients on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10 to 11 A. M. The annual meeting of the Corporation is held on the third Thursday of October. The directors meet quarterly on the second Thursday of January, April, July, and October. OFFICERS. President-W. L. Whitney. Clerk-J. L. Hildreth. Physician in charge at Central Office — D. M. Edgerly, M. D. Physicians attending at Central Office S. W. Driver, M. D., D. M. Edgerly, M. D., A. P. Clark, M. D., J. M. Keniston, M. D., J. B. Taylor, M. D., A. L. Norris, M. D., A. F. Holt, M. D., E. H. Stevens, M. D. District Physicians - No. 1. C. E. Vaughan, M. D. No. 2. Horace Berry, M. D. No. 3. G. A. Coburn, M. D. No. 4. J. A. Dow, M. D., No. 5. A. De B. Gay, M. D. Ward 2. A. R. Bayley & Ward 3. Charles E. Stevens. Ward 5. J. C. Sylvia. Lowell Dispensary. Lowell. Established April 14, 1836, in order to furnish medicine and other needful articles, and medical advice and relief, to the sick poor of the city. Patients are treated at their homes and at the offices of the attending physicians. OFFICERS. President- Theodore Edson. Secretary-Laurin Martin. Consulting Physicians—J. O. Green, M. D., C. A. Savory, M. D. Attending Physicians-J. H. Gilman, M. D., Franklin Nickerson, M. D. Worcester Memorial Free Dispensary. 98 Front Street, Worcester. Incorporated April 20, 1871, in accordance with provisions in the will of Ichabod Washburn. A sum of money, the present value of which exceeds $150,000, was left to trustees in the city of Worcester by the late Ichabod Washburn in 1869, with directions that, at the end of five years from his death, it should be expended in the foundation and maintenance of a hospital and dispensary in memory of his deceased daughters. As the Washburn fund could not at once be made available, it was thought advisable to organize the dispensary at an earlier date. Negotiations have since been entered into by which it is hoped that the Washburn legacy may be combined with that given to the city by the late George Jaques. President - P. L. Moen. OFFICERS. Treasurer-J. D. Washburn. Physicians - Leonard Wheeler, M. D., W. H. Workman, M. D., L. S. Dixon, M. D. Boston Diet Kitchen. 17 Wall Street, Boston. Organized in December, 1874, for the relief of the sick poor at the North and West End. Plain, nourishing food is given on the orders of the dispensary and other physicians, and in no other way. It is a diet kitchen, and is intended only for the relief of the sick. The following is a list of articles given: beef tea, mutton broth or beef soup, oat meal gruel, or pea flour gruel, puddings of rice, farina, oat meal or hominy, milk, coffee, or cocoa, raw egg beaten with milk, fresh meat. Further information may be obtained on application at No. 17 Wall Street. South End Diet Kitchen. 19 Bennet Street, Boston. Organized in November, 1875, at the south part of the city to provide simple food for the sick. All precautions are used against imposition, the certificate of the attending physician being required to the fact that such food is needed by the patient, and cannot otherwise be procured. The list of articles furnished is the same as that given above. MANAGERS. Mrs. J. G. Wetherell, Mrs. J. F. W. Ware, Mrs. W. W. Churchill, Mrs. G. O. Shattuck, Miss I. P. Curtis. Treasurer-Mrs. Oliver Ditson. Maine General Hospital. Congress Street, Portland. The hospital owes its existence to the concerted action of the physicians of the state medical society, who in 1867 appointed a committee of which Dr. John T. Gilman was chairman, to memorialize the legislature for an act of incorporation for a State General Hospital to be located in Portland, and for an appropriation sufficient to secure its foundation. The bill incorporating the hospital was passed in February, 1868, and by a subsequent enactment in 1870 the State ceded to the Corporation, on certain conditions, the lot of land, the site of the state arsenal on Bramhall's Hill, for the desired purpose. By a grant from the city of Portland the Corporation enlarged its limits, the property now embracing more than seven acres, bounded on three sides by streets and with a frontage on Congress and Arsenal streets of more than five hundred feet. The hospital is situated 145 feet above the level of the sea and commands an extended view in all directions. The complete plan contemplates the erection of four pavilions, giving the hospital at that time a capacity of 200 beds. At present the hospital consists of a centre administrative building and a pavilion ward, three stories high, 145 feet in length, with the necessary kitchen and boiler-house. It was dedicated October 22, 1874, and the first patient was received November 9. Up to September 30, 1875, 114 patients had been treated at the hospital. Application for the admission of patients must be made to the resident physician at the hospital between the hours of 9 and 11 on any day of the week, except Sunday. Persons accidentally wounded are received at all hours. The price of board for paying patients varies from seven to twenty-five dollars per week, according to the accommodation furnished. Visitors are admitted to see patients between 2 and 3 on any week day. The annual meeting of the Corporation is held on the first Tuesday of October. The Board of Directors holds a quarterly meeting at the hospital on the Friday preceding the first Monday of January, April, July, and October. President J. B. Brown. OFFICERS. President Board of Directors J. T. Gilman, M. D. Secretary-F. H. Gerrish, M. D. Consulting Physicians and Surgeons-Drs. J. T. Gilman, William Wood, H. H. Hill, C. E. Swan, T. H. Jewett. Resident Physician and Superintendent — C. O. Hunt, M. D. Visiting Physicians · Drs. I. T. Dana, H. N. Small, A. S. Thayer, G. F. French. Visiting Surgeons — Drs. S. H. Tewksbury, W. W. Greene, S. C. Gordon, S. H. Weeks. Pathologist-F. H. Gerrish, M. D. House Pupils - E. E. Holt, M. D., G. W. Libby. Superintendent - H. M. Harlow, M. D. Assistant Superintendent — B. T. Sanborn, M. D. |