List of public dispensaries explained

A public dispensary provides "outpatient medical treatment and advice to patients, in contrast to the inpatient service provided by hospitals".^[1] Examples include:

Australia

• Sydney Dispensary, Australia, founded 1826

Canada

• Toronto Western Hospital, Canada, founded as a public dispensary in 1895

India

• Guru Nanak Charitable Dispensary,^{[2] [3]} Chakala, Mumbai^[4]
• Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Kanpur^[5]
• Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith, Purulia

United Kingdom

London

• The Foundery free dispensary in Moorfields, was opened by Methodist preacher John Wesley in 1746
• Finsbury Dispensary, London, founded 1780
• St. Mary's Dispensary for Women, London, founded 1866
• Surrey Dispensary, founded 1777^[6]
• Warwick Lane dispensary, London^[7] 1688–1725
• St. Martin's Lane dispensary
• General Dispensary, Aldersgate Street^[8]

Elsewhere in England

• Ardwick and Ancoats Dispensary, Manchester, England. Founded in 1828 and managed under the auspices of the Provident Dispernsary Association from 1875
• Hereford Dispensary, Hereford, England. Founded in 1835.

Elsewhere in the U.K.

• Edinburgh Provident Dispensary for Women and Children, Scotland, founded 1878
• Public Dispensary of Edinburgh, Scotland, founded 1776 (received royal charter in 1818 to become Royal Public Dispensary of Edinburgh)

United States

• Boston Dispensary
• Baltimore General Dispensary^[9]
• Evening Dispensary For Working Women and Girls, Baltimore

Other countries

• Dispensary for Chinese at Macau, founded in 1820 by the Scottish missionary Robert Morrison and John Livingstone, a surgeon with the East India Company

Notes and References

1. https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/heritage/eighteenth-century-dispensary-movement The eighteenth century dispensary movement.
2. Web site: Sri Guru Singh Sabha Patrika, 16 November 2022, Year 6 Issue 206 PDF Nāstika Punjab . Scribd . en.
3. Web site: Guru Nanak Punjabi Sabha Eminent Personality - Dr Shamsher Singh Jolly of Mumbai India PDF Punjab Nāstika . Scribd . en.
4. Web site: Expert Institute Charitable Dispensary Trust in Andheri (E), Mumbai - 400053 Training Institutes . www.indiacom.com.
5. Web site: Medical Activities.
6. Web site: The Surrey Dispensary. www.exploringsouthwark.co.uk. en. 29 December 2018.
7. Web site: Sir Samuel Garth's poem, 'The Dispensary' RCP 500. history.rcplondon.ac.uk. 2018-12-29.
8. Hartston. William. August 1963. Medical Dispensaries in Eighteenth Century London. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine. 56. 753–758. 10.1177/003591576305600839. 14052474. 1897424. free.
9. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Baltimore General Dispensary. 1979. 29 December 2018. Fred Shoken. Maryland Historical Trust.