The Finsbury Dispensary, more fully the Finsbury Dispensary for Administering Advice and Medicines to the Poor, was a charitable dispensary giving medical treatment to poor people in

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, on the edge of the

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. It was founded in 1780 by a

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, one George Friend. It operated from various premises during its existence in the 19th century, notably, between 1819 and 1838 it occupied a large, well-appointed house in St. John's Street, where it was sometimes called the New Finsbury Dispensary.Roger M Ridley-Smith
"The Finsbury Dispensary"
, ''New Zealand Medical Journal'', vol.119, no.1233, 5 May 2006
archived
15 April 2016. A number of well-known surgeons and physicians worked at the Finsbury Dispensary. These include; * John Andree (appointed 1781) *

William Charles Wells William Charles Wells (24 May 1757 – 18 September 1817) was a Scottish-American physician and printer. He lived a life of extraordinary variety, did some notable medical research, and made the first clear statement about natural selection. ...

(appointed 1790) * Charles Aldis *

Golding Bird Golding Bird (9 December 1814 – 27 October 1854) was a British medical doctor and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. He became a great authority on kidney diseases and published a comprehensive paper on urinary deposits in 1 ...

(appointed 1836) *

James Paget Sir James Paget, 1st Baronet FRS HFRSE (11 January 1814 – 30 December 1899) (, rhymes with "gadget") was an English surgeon and pathologist who is best remembered for naming Paget's disease and who is considered, together with Rudolf Vir ...

(appointed 1841) * Charles West (appointed 1841)

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{{reflist Organizations established in 1780 Charities based in London Medical and health organisations based in London Dispensaries in London