Charles L. Kingsbury G. A. T. Lincoln M. V. B. Morse J. H. Osgood G. H. Payne. F. B. Percy George E. Percy Mary L. Swain Fall River. Newton Centre. Lawrence. Eben Thompson, Newton Upper Falls. Lynn. W. H. Tobey Salem. F. A. Warner Boston. North Brookfield. . Chelsea. Lowell. Worcester. Dorchester. Revere. W. H. White Boston. Fitchburg. Boston. Dorchester. Salem. Transactions published in the "Homœopathic Journal of Obstetrics." THE MASSACHUSETTS HOMOEOPATHIC HOSPITAL. This institution was incorporated in 1855, but was first opened for the reception of patients on Jan. 23, 1871, at 14 Burroughs Place. In May, 1872, under the stimulus of the expulsion of eight members from the Massachusetts Medical Society on account of their practice of homœopathy, a public fair was held in both Music and Horticultural Halls, which netted upwards of $76,000. Land was purchased on East Concord Street, adjoining the college lot, and a building to hold forty patients was erected thereon. This was occupied in May, 1876, and the building and land together cost upwards of $80,000. The building soon proved too small for the demands of the community, and in 1883 it was determined to erect a wing on the south side of the original building. The greater part of the money required was contributed by a single person; and during the past year, not only has the surgical wing been added, but a boiler-house and laundry, and also a cottage, or isolating ward, have been erected and thoroughly furnished, making the hospital about double its original capacity. The cost of these additional buildings, together with the necessary repairs on the original building, has been about $95,000, and the furnishing about $5,000 more. The hospital was closed for five months during repairs; and in the remaining seven months there have been treated 156 cases, with but 3 deaths. In the fourteen years since the hospital was first opened, it has provided for 1,829 cases, with 90 deaths, — less than five per cent. Of the fatal cases, several entered the hospital in moribund condition, and upwards of 70 entered with malignant cr incurable disease, as cancer, consumption, etc. The following are the officers for 1885: President. Vice-Presidents. Charles R. Codman. Rufus S. Frost. Henry C. Ahlborn. Isaac Fenno. David B. Flint. John R. Hall. John A. Higginson. Asa P. Potter. Treasurer Secretary Physicians. | Henry S. Russell. George H. Quincy. Mrs. A. S. Foster. | Liverus Hull. Mrs. Rufus S. Frost. . Charles G. Wood, Sears Building. Thomas B. Ticknor, 211 Tremont Street. MEDICAL AND SURGICAL STAFF. C. Wesselhoeft, M.D. W. P. Wesselhoeft, M.D. ASSOCIATION OF THE MEDICAL BOARD OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HOMEOPATHIC HOSPITAL. HOMEOPATHIC MEDICAL DISPENSARY, BOSTON. This dispensary was incorporated in 1856. It was opened to the public in 1857, and for thirteen years occupied rooms in Tremont Temple. For the first two years it was sustained by the voluntary subscriptions of its friends; but in March, 1859, a public fair was held in Music Hall, which realized upwards of $13,000. This has been held as a permanent fund, the income of which has been used to pay the expenses. In 1870 the dispensary purchased the estate No. 14 Burroughs Place, and has since had rooms there. In 1873, on the opening of Boston University School of Medicine on East Concord Street, a branch dispensary was established in the college-building. Two years later, another branch was opened in Leverett Street, but was afterwards removed to Charity Building in Chardon Street. During the past year the dispensary has accomplished the following work: Central Dispensary, 1,376 patients, 3,946 prescriptions; West End Branch, 3,610 patients, 7,527 prescriptions; College Branch, 10,634 patients, 26,381 prescriptions; making the total number treated 15,620, with 37,854 prescriptions. Of the patients, 3,198 have been treated at their homes, and to them 7,721 visits have been made. Since its opening, the dispensary has treated 123,222 patients, and has made 341,545 prescriptions. Its medical staff consists of about thirty physicians, assisted by medical students in the third and fourth years of their studies. |