title: Finsbury Dispensary
text: # Finsbury Dispensary
  
  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 Finsbury, on the edge of the City of London. It was founded in 1780 by a Quaker, 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.
  
  A number of well-known surgeons and physicians worked at the Finsbury Dispensary. These include;
  
  * John Andree (appointed 1781)
  * William Charles Wells (appointed 1790)
  * Charles Aldis
  * Golding Bird (appointed 1836)
  * James Paget (appointed 1841)
  * Charles West (appointed 1841)
  