The Boston Dispensary (est.1796) or Boston Medical Dispensary provided for "medical relief of the poor" in Boston , Massachusetts , from the late 18th century through the mid-20th century. It was one of the first hospitals in the United States . In the 1960s the Boston Dispensary merged with New England Medical Center and is now known as Tufts Medical Center .
8-768: Founders included Jonathan Amory, John Andrews, William Brown, John Codman, Samuel Dunn, Stephen Gorham, John Coffin Jones, John Parker, Samuel Parker , William Shattuck, William Smith, Samuel Stillman , and Samuel West. Early benefactors included Benjamin Dearborn . The charity incorporated in 1801. By 1807, "the Boston Medical Dispensary, instituted in October, 1796, has afforded the means of relief to many necessitous persons, among others, whose feelings would have been hurt by an application for assistance from
16-755: A job as assistant rector of Trinity Church, Boston , Parker was ordained deacon on February 24, 1774 and priest three days later on February 27, in London. He began as assistant rector at Trinity in November 1774, becoming rector in 1779. After the Revolution, he helped build churches with the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel . In 1803, Parker was unanimously elected second bishop of Massachusetts. He
24-530: The Boston Dispensary including Oliver Wendell Holmes , James Jackson , Asa Bullard, Gamaliel Bradford , Pliny Hayes, Edward Warren , Henry Bowditch, Benjamin D. Appleton, Daniel Slade, E. Whitley Blake, and Buckminster Brown. In addition to organizing the charitable provision of medical service throughout the city, the dispensary maintained a central clinic at no.76 Cornhill (ca.1823), no.138 Washington Street (ca.1832), and no.25 Bennett Street, at
32-719: The Medical Center." Samuel Parker (Episcopal bishop) Samuel Parker (August 17, 1744 – December 6, 1804) was an American Episcopal Bishop. He was the second bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts . Parker was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire , the son of William Parker, a lawyer and judge during the American Revolution . He graduated from Harvard University in 1764, and taught for several years. After being offered
40-458: The alms house; as they are by this charity attended free of any expense by an able physician, either at their own houses, or at the Dispensary, as the case may require, and furnished with whatever medicine they may need, and with wine, if necessary. This institution is supported by subscriptions; the payment of 5 dollars annually, entitling tile subscriber to recommend two patients constantly to
48-746: The care of the Dispensary. The town is divided into three districts; the southern comprehends all the south part of the town from the south side of Winter and Summer streets; the Middle from thence to the Mill creek, including West Boston; the Northern district all the north part of the town from the Mill bridge." Fundraising events took place at the Federal Street Theatre in 1821, and Doggett's Repository of Arts in 1823. Through its history, there were many physicians who received their training at
56-649: The corner of Ash Street (ca.1858-1911). A newly constructed clinic replaced the old building on the Bennett Street site in 1883. "In the 1960s, the Boston Dispensary merged with the Floating Hospital for Children and the Pratt Diagnostic Clinic/Tufts Medical Center Hospital. It also formed alliances with Tufts University School of Medicine which serves as the principal teaching affiliate for
64-671: Was consecrated September 14, 1804, in Trinity Church, New York , but developed gout and never served in the post. He died in Boston on December 6, 1804. Parker was the tenth bishop consecrated in the Episcopal Church . Parker's sons included Suffolk County district attorney Samuel Dunn Parker , acting Mayor of Boston William Parker , businessman John Rowe Parker, and educator Richard Green Parker . This article about an American Episcopal or Anglican bishop
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