its Surgical Cases m the CihJ Dispensary^ 



any impurities that may be deposited by the muddy waters cf 

 rivers, or the putrid water from casks. 



Salt water, therefore, will not require any new precautions 

 on the part of the firemen, and the leather of the pipes wil-l 

 not be moistened with it long enough to injure them. The 

 reporters therefore are of opinion that the suggestions of 

 M. Six present real advantages, and deserve to be adopted. 



XXXV. Report of Surgical Cases in the City Dispensary , 

 Grocers- Hall- Court, Poultry, frovi the Beginning of 

 March to the End of June 1 807; uith. Remarks on the 

 Propriety of estallishiiig a Fund for the Relief of the 

 Ruptured Poor, i?^ John Taunton, Esq. 



In the last surgical report (see Philosophical Magazine, 

 vol, xxvli. no. cvii. p. 236.) there were 144 patients under 

 fcure,fVom which period, during the four succeeding mouths, 

 ending in June, there were admitted 4/3 persons. 



Cured - - 392 



Relieved - - 11 



Died - - 2 



Under cure - - i212 



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Having noticed the frequent occurrence and danger of 

 hernia (vol. xxvii. p. 236), v^hich do not appear to have 

 been sufficiently appreciated, or funds would have been 

 raised in different districts for the purpose of aflordiiig relief 

 to those who have it not in their power to relieve them- 

 selves; whether the want of ability arise from pure indi- 

 gence, or from indiscretion, it must be adn)itted that the 

 afflicted are entitled to the charitable consideration of a hu- 

 mane public. 



In this mctrrpiolis (which is truly characterized as being 

 pre-eminent to all cities in the world on account of its cha- 

 ritable institutions) it certainly appears that this disease has 

 not passed unnoticed, as a <^ Society for the Relief of the 



Ruptured 



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