Ancient_and_modern_York_a_guide

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The Retreat is adapted to the accommodation of 100
patients. The terms and accommodation are suited to
the circumstances of the inmates, and vary from four
shillings to five guineas per week. A few patients, not
connected with the Society of Friends, are admitted, when
there is room, into the higher class.
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The medical men of York now enjoy a high reputation
for their skill in the treatment of the insane, and there are
several private asylums in the neighbourhood, the patients
of which are under their treatment. The principal of these
asylums is at GateHelmsley; the others are at Clifton, Dmu
nington, Heworth, Osbaldwick, Acomb, and Barker Hill.
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This institution was founded in the year 1788. It is
associated with the York County Hospital, as a school of
practice, and more than 2000 cases are annually attended
by the officers of the charity. Originally the Dispensary
was conducted in a room in the Merchants' Hall, Fossgate,
from whence, in 1806, it was removed to St. Andrewgate,
where it continued until the erection of the present hand
some Dispensary ; the foundation stone was laid in 1827, by
the late Alderman Wilson. The new building, the erect
ing of which cost £1950, including the site, was opened in
1828, and ever since that period, the institution has con
tinued to increase in usefulness and public estimation.
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