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142 ANCIENT AND<br />
captains, nine subalterns <strong>and</strong> staff, four quarter masters,<br />
two hundred <strong>and</strong> forty non-commissioned officers <strong>and</strong> pri<br />
vates, <strong>and</strong> two hundred <strong>and</strong> sixty six horses. The wall<br />
which surrounds the Barracks, encloses twelve acres ; <strong>and</strong><br />
the cost of erecting the whole, was £27,000.<br />
THE MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS OF YORK.<br />
f)orft Counto ftospital.<br />
This institution, situated in Monkgate, was founded in<br />
the year 1740, " for the relief of the diseased poor of the<br />
city <strong>and</strong> county of <strong>York</strong> ;" it owed its origin principally<br />
to a legacy of £500, under the will of Lady Elizabeth<br />
Hastings, <strong>and</strong> to the liberal contributions of various other<br />
benevolent persons, living about the same time. The<br />
annual income of the institution, including real <strong>and</strong> per<br />
sonal estates, subscriptions, &c, now amounts to about<br />
£2500. Clinical lectures are given by the physicians<br />
of the county hospital ; <strong>and</strong> certificates of attendance on<br />
the medical <strong>and</strong> surgical practice of the hospital, jointly<br />
with the Dispensary, are received by the Royal College of<br />
Surgeons <strong>and</strong> the Society of Apothecaries, London.<br />
Jkhool of flfUtoiritu.<br />
This school was established in the year 1 834, in con<br />
nection with the county hospital ; <strong>and</strong> is conducted by<br />
several able professors, resident in the city. The business<br />
of the school is conducted in a building attached to the<br />
hospital, containing dissecting <strong>and</strong> lecture rooms.<br />
jSlrtJtcal mbrarg.<br />
There is a medical library, containing about 1 000 vol<br />
umes, attached to the County Hospital. This library was<br />
established in 1810, by the subscriptions <strong>and</strong> donations of<br />
eighteen members of the medical profession, resident in<br />
<strong>York</strong>, aided by the contributions of several of their fellow<br />
citizens, who were friends to the diffusion of medical<br />
knowledge. In order to secure the perpetuity of the insti
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