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96 ELIZABETH BliACKWELL.
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To The Editors Of The English Woman's Jo...
while has possessing been regularl a densely opened crowded throug poor population h the year . The on Monday Dispen- ,
women Wednesday sary have , received and Friday medical y afternoons aid . All , at these 3 o ' clock women . Over have , gratefull 200 poor y the most
destitute acknowled have ged the tendered help afforded their few them , and as several an offering of to the
ventilation institution . and With judicious all these diet patients , has been , pence the strong necessity ly urged of cleanliness ; and in ,
word many of cases counsel , the advice or information has been , too followed , has often , at least been , for g work iven a time to . well the A
destitute widow or the friendless girl , who was seeking as out as health suitable ; the charities best methods occasionall of finding recommended employment , and have pecuniary been pointed aid y
and sometimes , severe g weather iven . Since have the so " double weighed distress upon the of commercial poor , many pressure cases of
extreme destitution have come under the cognizance of the Dispenfriends sary . These or have been and ignorant chiefly emi of grants the Eng , mostl lish y language Germans . , without Several
families have money been , visited where some member "was ill , and found and to be industrious _utterly destitute disappointed , suffering in from every hunger effort , to and obtain , thoug work h honest . To
such families a little , help in money , generally in the form of a loan , till work could be procured , has proved invaluable ; and a small
despai Poor cian , - for Fund r and this , p impending laced special by object friends starvation , has in saved . the This hands several institution of worth the attending was y familie commenced s ph from
ysikept by the within subscri its ptions means of , but a of few its the friends fu power nds ; It of its is doing expenses found good desirabl have has been been to
limite enlarge d its the by operations trustees the smal wish lness , and to p raise lace it the on sum a . permanent of 5000 dollars basis . and For contri e this - purpose ,
butions are earnestly solicited . The amount raised will be invested as a permanent fund for the it institu essentiall tion . It is the ital hope for of the founders and
School of this of charit Education y to make for nurses but y for a Hosp this the Dispensary Women is , the ; best foundationand to that alone all effort is at present directed . " .
The steady success , of her Dispensary was such that Dr . Elizabeth was enabledin May 1857 to open on a small scale a Hospital for
Womenwhich , is now , in , successful operation . The house which has been , appropriated to this purpose is large , airy , and well
situated ; it already contains fourteen beds , and this number will be increased as the requisite funds are obtained . A grant of pecuniary
aid has recently been made to this institution by the Legislature of the State of New York , out of the General Hospital Fund ; but the
greater part of its expenditure has hitherto been , and must continue to be , defrayed by private contributions . The proceeds of a bazaar
—of which a large proportion of the articles offered for sale were
96 Elizabeth Bliackwell.
96 ELIZABETH BliACKWELL .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1858, page 96, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041858/page/24/
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