4 1)0 Report of the City and Finslury Dispensaries, 



though secreted from blood that is known to be alkaline, 

 appears to indicate in the kidneys a state of positive electrU 

 city; and since the proportion of alkali in bile seems to be 

 greater than is contained in the blood of the same animal, it 

 is not improbable that the secreting vessels of the liver may 

 be comparatively negative. 



With such views of the vital functions it becomes an in- 

 teresting subject of inquiry, what other organs may also be 

 considered as permanently different in their state of electri- 

 city, and what others may possibly be subject to temporary 

 states of opposite electric energies, and may, by means of 

 such relation, produce the most powerful effects in the ani- 

 mal ceconomy. 



JJCXXVII. Report of Surgical Cases In the City and Finslury 

 Dispensaries for October, November, and December, 1S08. 

 With the Dissection of a singular Foetus. By John Taun- 

 ton, Esq, , ' 



In October, November, and December, there were admitted 



on Ihe books of the City and Finsbury Dispensaries 73S 

 surgical patients. 



Cured or relieved — 321 



Died — — 7 



Tr regular — — 3 



Under treatment — 407 



738 



During the year 1 808, there have been admitted on the 

 books of the City Dispensary 3105 patients. 

 Cured or relieved — 3069 

 Discharged for irregularity 5 



Pied — — 31 



3105 



The expense of the City Dispensary for the year 1808, in- 

 cluding every item of disbursement, amounts only to 575/. 95. 

 1 d.; a sum comparatively small to the benefits derived by the 

 lower order of society, by persons incapable of providing 



either 



