Reasons for establishing a sea bathing infirmary, on the western coast, for the benefit of the poor : addressed to thr governors of medical charities, to the Poor Law guardians, and to the friends of the poor ... : with an appendix, containing the opinions of various eminent medical authorities / by J.K. Walker.

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1840
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Credit: Reasons for establishing a sea bathing infirmary, on the western coast, for the benefit of the poor : addressed to thr governors of medical charities, to the Poor Law guardians, and to the friends of the poor ... : with an appendix, containing the opinions of various eminent medical authorities / by J.K. Walker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    id id id Daw a an a uapaaiMiatf* tun:g 2©„ 184a. JOSEPH ARMITAGE, ESQ., CHAIRMAN. The following statement being laid before the Annual Meet- ing of the Governors of the Infirmary, by the Medical Officers of the Institution, and confirmed by the testimony of other Medical Gentlemen attached to different Infirmaries in Lan- cashire and Yorkshire, viz :— “ That a very considerable proportion of Patients are u annually admitted whose cases would derive benefit from sea “ air or sea bathing, which it is not in their powder to obtain, “ and that not only would a degree of benefit unattainable by “ other means be effected by a sea bathing Infirmary, but in “ many cases an actual saving, inasmuch as the description of “ cases relieved by sea air or bathing is usually of the most “ tedious and expensive kind.” It was unanimously resolved on the motion of Dr. Walker, seconded by Mr. Robinson, that this Meeting recommends this subject to the consideration of the friends of the poor, in the hope that the knowledge of the facts above alluded to, will awaken the zeal and benevolence of the affluent portion of the community, and lead to the establishment of a s?a bathing Infirmary in some convenient part of the western coast, not doubting, that if once established, it will meet with such sup- port from individuals, parochial unions, hospitals, and other sources, as will ensure its success, and render it an efficient instrument, under Providence, of relief to that large class of diseased poor, wdio at present, for want of such aid, go unre- lieved, and become too often a burden to themselves and to their friends. Also on the motion of W. W. Battye, Esq. seconded by Mr. Joshua Lockwood, that the Medical Officers be requested to correspond with the Medical Officers of other Infirmaries, and confer upon the best mode of carrying the above recom- mendation into effect.