Devonshire hospital and Buxton Bath charity : instituted for the relief of poor persons from all parts of Great Britain and Ireland suffering from rheumatism, gout, sciatica, and neuralgia ; pains, weakness or contractions of joints or limbs, arising from these diseases, or from sprains, fractures, or other local injuries ; chronic forms of paralysis ; dropped hands, and other poisonous effects of lead, mercury, or other minerals ; spinal affections ; dyspeptic complaints, uterine obstructions, and such disorders as may depend upon a rheumatic or gouty diathesis ; supported by annual subscriptions and voluntary contributions : annual report for the year 1893 ; medical report and statistics, management, history, annual statement, accounts, rules and regulations, list of subscriptions and benefactions &c., Bath charity report for 1785 ; copies of conveyances of hospital and baths from the seventh Duke of Devonshire to the trustees ; and meteorological report for the year 1893.

  • Devonshire Royal Hospital (Buxton, Derbyshire, England)
Date:
1894
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Devonshire hospital and Buxton Bath charity : instituted for the relief of poor persons from all parts of Great Britain and Ireland suffering from rheumatism, gout, sciatica, and neuralgia ; pains, weakness or contractions of joints or limbs, arising from these diseases, or from sprains, fractures, or other local injuries ; chronic forms of paralysis ; dropped hands, and other poisonous effects of lead, mercury, or other minerals ; spinal affections ; dyspeptic complaints, uterine obstructions, and such disorders as may depend upon a rheumatic or gouty diathesis ; supported by annual subscriptions and voluntary contributions : annual report for the year 1893 ; medical report and statistics, management, history, annual statement, accounts, rules and regulations, list of subscriptions and benefactions &c., Bath charity report for 1785 ; copies of conveyances of hospital and baths from the seventh Duke of Devonshire to the trustees ; and meteorological report for the year 1893. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    Honorary Treasurer. 26. —Tlie TreoBurer shall receive till moneys and deposit them in such bank as the Committee of Management shall direct. 27. —He shall cause all moneys received on behalf of the Hospital to be paid into the bank, anil all payments to be made by clicque, signed by the Chairman, and one other member of the Committee of Management, and countersigned by the Secretary. 28. —He shall CBUse all deeds, evidences, and writings relating to the Hospital to be deposited at the Hospital, in a chest provided for that purpose, the keys whereof shall be kept by himself and the Chairman of the Committee of Management. 29. —He shall insure from fire the building, furniture, &c., to such an amoant and in such office, as the Committee of Management may direct. 30. —He shall annually cause a full statement of accounts of the Hospital to be made up to the Slst of December in each year, which, after having been duly examined and signed by the Auditors, shall be presented by him to the Chairman, and shall afterwards be printed and circulated with the annual report. Honorary Medical Officers. 31—The Medical Officers shall be appointed by the Committee of Manage- ment. 32. —No Medical Officer shall be considered eligible who is not a Fellow, Member, or Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians or Surgeons of London, Edinburgh, or Dublin, or who does not hold a degree in medicine of a recog- nised British University, such qualification having been obtained after due examination ; and no medical man shall be a Medical Officer of the Institution who only resides during certain seasons of the year. 33. —The three senior medical officers shall attend every week-day in rotation, and shall take charge of ihe patiems admitted on their respective days, such patienis being under their charge during their residence in the Hospital. The hour for receiving paiienis to be fixed by their respeciive Medical Officers; when not present on anv occasion at the fixed hour, the patients to be received or seen by the House Surgeon or Assistant House Surgeon. The number of Rcting Medical Officers for the present to consist of four, to be from time to lime increased as the exigencies of the Insiiiulion may require. No Medical Officer shall consult in reference to the Hospital patients with any medical gentleman who is not a member of the Medical Staff of the Hospital; and no medical gentleman who is not a member of the Hospital Siafif shall be permitted lo prescribe for any of the Hospital patients, or assist at any operation upon any Hospital patient, unless on an emergency, when the assistance of a member of the Medical Staff cannot be obtained. And no CHpiial operation shall be performed upon any Hospital patient without a summons being sent to every member of the Medical Staff, to afford the opporiuniiy of being present, unless ihe immediate emergency of the case renders such notice iinpossible. The members of the acting Medical Staff shall receive the accident cases in rotation. The care of the paiien's is under the House Surgeon and Assistant House Surgeon, subject to the Acting Medical Staff. The patients are lo be seen once or twice every week, or more frequently at discretion, by a Medical Officer, House Surgeon, or Assistant House Surgeon. The Secretary will cause the visits of the Honorary Medical Officers lo be entered in a book kept for that ^34!—The last elected Medical Officer shall lake the charge of the out-patients. 35—Any Medical Officer, after officiating for twelve years, may, upon his resignation of his office, and subject to the sanction of the Committee or Management, become a Consulting Physician or Surgeon. The consulting Medi- cal Officers of the Hospital shall net have official seats on the Committee 01 Management beyond the number of three members, lest the medical element m f