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trades assembled in the burial-ground, in, the open
air. This hall answers all purposes much better,
besides the revenue derived from the rents of the
shops. The main front of the hall looks to the
High Street, and is adorned on the outside with
pillars of the Ionic order of architecture, which are
rather too tall for their diameters. The very neat
cupola contains a bell for summoning the trades to
their meetings.
The view of the High Street from the east,
shews one of the Episcopal chapels, another hand-
some building, (nearly right opposite to the hall of
the trades), and the houses called the Lucken-
booths, mentioned before.
Although the population of Dundee had in-
creased very fast, and of course a greater number
of poor, yet for these last there was no public in-
stitution tor furnishing medical advice, or surgical
assistance, till 1782, when the late Robert Small,
I). D. and Mr Robert Stewart, surgeon, commenced
a subscription for the establishment of a Dispen-
sary. They were ably supported by an annual
contribution from many of the inhabitants of the
town and neighbourhood. The town was divided
into districts, and the medical gentlemen of the
place took charge of these districts gratuitously,
and not only prescribed to such as called on them,
but visited the poor at their own houses.
The beneficial effects of the infant Dispensary
were soon evident, and sensibly felt by the poor :
It was, however, limited in means, and above all,
the want of a house for the reception of patients
in a great measure diminished its usefulness. In
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