236 Surgical Cases in the City Dispensary, 



tempts to cure this disease, in this case, does not the in- 

 halation of vital air proving so quickly salutary, and the 

 benefit continuing, demand some more attention than is 

 usually given to this subject by juniors in the profession .' 



5. The expense attending the application of the air amounts 

 only to one shilling per diem : hence this application comes 

 w'itiun the reach of every person. 



I have the honour to remain. 

 Dear sir, 



Yours sincerely, 

 To Mr. Tilhclu R. J. Thornton. 



XL. Report of Surgical Cases in the City Dispensary y 

 ' Grocers-Hal L- Court, Poultry, J'rom the \st oj" January to 

 the QSth of February 1807; toith Remarks on the Pro- 

 priety of establishing a Fund, to be connected luith cha- 

 ritable InstiiutionSy for the Relief of the Ruptured Poor. 

 By John Taunton, Surgeon to the City and Fin<ibury 

 Dispensaries, and Lecturer on Anatomy, Surgery, &c. 



xa the last surgical report (see Philosophical Magazine, vol. 



xxvii.j no. 105, p. 77?) there were 154 patients under cure. 

 Cured - - - 129 

 Relieved - . _ 3 



Died - - - 1 



Now under cure - 21 



154 



, Since the above report there have been admitted into this 

 Dispensary 181 patients. 



Cured - - - 33 



Rtlieved - - 4 ' 



Now under cure - 144 



181 



The fatal case related Vvas that of a poor man (a watch- 

 man), sctal. about GQ, whose constitution had suffered from 



exposure 



