312 On ti'is Utility of Public Dispensarief. 



marie strong, to resist the -weight of the earth whett col- 

 lected therein. The iron scraper should be iirmly secured 

 to this by screws raid iron-work. 



L L, i"he wooden sides oF the machine firmly connected 

 with the back and frame-work, in order to assist in col- 

 lecting the earth to be removed. 



M, A strong cross piece into which the ribs which sup- 

 port the back are well mortised. 



Fig. 2. K, The interior part of llie back of the machine. 



T, The iron sgraper, sharp at the b(;ttom, and firmly 

 screv»/ed to the back of the machine. 



GG, Parts of the side irons or sliders, showing the mode 

 in which they are united with the scrapur I. 



M, The cross piece above described. 



LIX. O71 the Ul'dity of Public Dispensaries ht general', 

 accompanied ivitJt a Ufport of the Cases in the Findniri) 

 and City Dispensaries for tlie last three Months of the 

 Year 1805. Communicated by John Taunton, Esq. 

 Surgeon to the City and Finsbury Dispensaries, and 

 Lecturer on Anatomy, Surgery, &'c. 



To Mr. Tilloch. 



HERE is surely no institution more beneficial or impor- 

 tant than that which has for its ^object the alleviation or 

 cure of disease. Such institutions are the strong-holds of 

 the diseased poor. It is there they seek relief from all their 

 maladies. It is in the arrauaements of dispensaries that 

 their circumstances are peculiarly considered. 



To these institutions the poor of every denomination have 

 a ready access, and their benefits are extended to every spe- 

 cies and degree of disease. 



Are their ailments slight or trivial? In the dispensary 

 they find advice and medicine, while their families are not 

 deprived of the earnings of their industry. Are they laid 

 on beds of sickness, or confined by local disease or acci- 

 dental injury ? There are they visited : the dispensary ex- 

 tends its benefits to their habitations. What plan more 

 philanthropic, or more wisely ordered ! It is adapted to 

 the circumstances of every malady ; it eaters into the bosoir' 

 of every family: it restores the diseased to health, while 

 they enjoy the kind and affectionate offices of the health- 

 ful ; it extends the benign influence of the healing art to 

 every needy arid diseased object. 



But 



