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49 Infirmaries.
5th, That persons, meeting with accidents, shall, if immediate applica-
tion is made, be admitted without any Subscriber's recommendation.
6th, That Subscribers, or Contributors, recommending patients, shall
be bound to pay the expense of burial in case of death, and also to remove
the patients from the Infirmary, when it is not proper that they should
continue in it any longer.
7th, That a book shall be kept, in which shall be enrolled the names
of the patients and of the Subscribers by whom they are recommended ;
the dates of their admission, and other particulars, which the observance
of the above rules may require.
, Form of Recommendation to the Infirmary for the Admission of a Patient.
Glasgow, 183
To the Managers of the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow,
Gentlemen, — Please admit into the Infirmary
Bearer, if found a proper Patient, and I will be subject to the Regula-
tions of the House,
I am, &c.
*,* The Regulations of the house are, "to remove the patient if in-
curable, or pay the funeral expenses, if the patient die." The expenses,
generally do not exceed 10s. 6d.
GLASGOW EYE INFIRMARY.
Very Rev. Principal MACFARLAN, President.
Directors Rev. Thomas Brown, D. D. Robert Kettle, Peter Gilfillan,
Humphrey Crum, John Leadbetter, Hugh Cogan, John Ker, Professor
Ramsay, William Brown, Morris Pollok, Samuel Clarke, John Galbraith,
and Hugh Tennent.
James Perston, Esq. Treasurer.
William Mackenzie, M. D. and Harry Rainy, M. D. Surgeons.
John R. Wood, M.D. Assistant-Surgeon.
James Monteath, Esq. Secretary.
John M'Beth, Porter, and Collector of Subscriptions.
Patients for advice are required to present themselves at the Infirmary,
No. 14, College Street, at one o'clock, afternoon, having previously fur-
nished themselves with a recommendatiou from a Magistrate, the Minis-
ter of their Parish, the Elder of their proportion, or a Contributor to the
Infirmary. In cases of recent injury, no recommendation is required.
"The Elders are requested to use the following form of recommendation :
/ hereby recommend to the Glasgow Eye Infirmary — — ^- — ,
residing at No. — , Street, in my proportion of Parish,
and unable to pay for medical advice. ■ Elder.
Cow-PocK Inoculation every Tuesday, at half-past twelve o'clock
□000, to all poor persons who choose to apply.