Homeopathic Dispensaries and Hospitals
All over Britain and Europe, Homeopathic Dispensaries and hospitals opened their doors for the treatment of the poor.
The following is a work in progress, listing them all…
The Aberdeen Homeopathic Dispensary – David Dyce Brown,
The Alton Towers Homeopathic Dispensary – Francesco Romani,
The Banbury Homeopathic Dispensary – Richard Stephen Wallis,
The Bath Homeopathic Hospital, at Chapel Road, Queens Square, Bath, evolved out of the large and successful homeopathic practice of George Newman,
1866 – Robert MacLimont was a Physician at the Hospital,
1868 – The staff of the hospital were:
Committee: George Cruickshank, E M Harris, S Morgan, Rev G Newnham, George Newman, H B Pierrepoint, S Provis, J S Randall, E G Smith, Major General Thorndike, Rev. J H Way, Lt. Colonel. Western, Colonel Wynch,
Medical Officers: George Newman, S Morgan,
1900 – Percy Roberts Wilde was a Physician at the hospital,
1931 – Hamilton Bailey was a Surgeon at the Hospital,
The Belfast Homeopathic Dispensary, 23, Church Street, Belfast - George Stevenson Knowles,
The Birmingham Homeopathic Hospital and Dispensary
The Blackhealth Homeopathic Dispensary,
Chairman: Major General Clarke,
Management Committee: W B Adams, F Bennoch, R Cornell, Captain Seymour, W Smith, Rev. J Thompson,
Medical Officers: J H Smith, Alfred Crosby Pope, Robert Masters Theobald,
Chemist: Urell,
The Blackheath Home for Gentlewomen, Instituted 1868 by Ms. Brent, 45 Blessington Road, Lee, Kent,
Chaplain: Rev. Edward Ellis,
Surgeon: Robert Masters Theobald,
The Dispensary Homoeopathique Boulevard Auguste Blanqui, Paris – Leon Vannier,
The Homeopathic Dispensary in Paris at rue de l’Abbé Brout, Paris – Leon Vannier,
The Bolton Homeopathic Dispensary 8 Ward Street, Great Moor Street, Instituted 1851 – William W Scholefield,
The Brighton Homeopathic Dispensary 6 Prince Albert Street, Instituted 1844 – de Michele, Edward M Madden, Herbert Henry Wilde,
The Brighton Homeopathic Institute for Diseases of Children 148 Western Road, Brighton,
Physicians: E Acworth, Richard Tuthill Massy,
The Bristol and Clifton Homeopathic Dispensary, Upper Berkley Place, Bristol, Instituted 1832 – Francis Black, William Austin Gillow, W H Trotman, Wilkins,
The Bristol Homeopathic Hospital founded by Walter Melville Wills,
Physicians: Christopher Osmond Bodman,
Surgeons: Hamilton Bailey,
The Brompton Homeopathic Dispensary, 60 Fulham Road, London and 3, Blizard Place, Fulham Road, Instituted, 1st January, 1855,
Physician: Neville Wood,
The Brussels Hahnemann Dispensarium – Gustave Adolphe Van den Berghe, Pierre Joseph De Moor,
The Bournemouth Homeopathic Dispensary – Bertram Wright Nankivell,
The Camberwell Homeopathic Dispensary
The Canterbury Homeopathic Dispensary 24 St. George’s Place Instituted 1848 – William Parsons,
The Cardiff Homeopathic Dispensary
The Chelsea Homeopathic Dispensary, Commercial Hall, King’s Road, Chelsea, Instituted, 1st January 1852.
Physician: Neville Wood,
Surgeon: D. Smith,
The Cheltenham Homeopathic Dispensary, Ingleside, Bayshill - instituted 1844 – Physicians C B Kerr, Frederick Wilde,
The City of London Homeopathic Dispensary
The Clapham and Kennington Homeopathic Dispensary
The Clapham Homeopathic Dispensary 7, Manob Street, Clapham.
Supported by Voluntary Contributions.
Committee: Rev. E. O. Morgan, Minerva Terrace, Brixton Road ; Rev. R. Frost, Crescent Lodge, Clapham Common; Bernard Barton, Esq., Percy Cottage, Studley Road, Stockwell; Henry Kift, Esq., Berkeley Villas, Loughborough Road ; G. Moore, Esq., Messina Cottage, 17, Sutherland Terrace, East Brixton; G Hayward, Water Lane, Dulwich Road.
Medical Officer: John Anderson,
Dispenser: Mr. A. J. Powell, 15, Alfred Place, Newington Causeway.
The Dispensary will be open (for Out-Patients only) on Monday and Thursday Afternoons, from three to four o’clock. Subscribers of Half a Guinea and One Guinea per Anum, will have Four or Eight Tickets for distribution. The destitute Poor alone are to be considered proper objects for medical charity ; although others, who are unable to pay for medical advice, will be admitted as patients (with the consent of the Medical Officers) on payment of Half a Crown per Month to the Funds of the Dispensary.
The Clifton Homeopathic Dispensary – Thomas Dickinson Nicholson
The Croydon Homeopathic Dispensary at Ellerslie, 25 Park Hill Road, and 40 George Street, Croydon, Surrey
The Darlington Homeopathic Dispensary
The Derbyshire Homoeopathic Dispensary, 17, Wardwick, Derby
Instituted, 1st February, 1853.
Physician: Alfred Crosby Pope,
The Doncaster Homeopathic Dispensary – George Dunn,
The Dover Homeopathic Dispensary, Castle Street, Dover, Instituted 1850 – William Parsons,
The Dublin Homeopathic Dispensary at 31 South Asia Street Dublin and at 33 Stephen’s Green Dublin – James Goodshaw, Charles W Luther, William Henry Roberts, George Scriven, William Barclay Browne Scriven, Arthur de Noe Walker, – closed in the 1950s,
The Dundee Homeopathic Dispensary at 14 New Inn Entry – Samuel Cockburn,
The Durham Homeopathic Dispensary, 48 Sadler Street, Instituted 1854,
Physicians: James Joseph Gray, Thomas Hahnemann Hayle,
Secretary: J Nicholson,
The East End Homeopathic Dispensary 1868,
President: Rev. A P Black,
Vice President: Captain P Campbell,
Committee: Butler, Canniford, Coster, Humm, Itinger, Kerchen, Sawkins, Thornton,
Treasurer: G H Harrington,
Honorary Secretary: W Pettit,
Physician: David McConnell Reed,
Sponsors: William Debenham,
The East London Homeopathic Dispensary and Dental Surgery, Obelisk House, Burdett Road, Mile End – Physician: James Brown Dixon,
The Edinburgh Homeopathic Dispensary
Patron: Arthur FitzGerald Kinnaird, 10th Lord Kinnaird, Physicians: George Atkin, Francis Black, Samuel Cockburn, William Henderson, Charles Ransford, John Rutherford Russell, John Stuart Sutherland, The Wielobycki Brothers,
The Ely Place Homeopathic Dispensary – John Ozanne,
The Exeter Homeopathic Dispensary, Queen Street
President: John Kennaway,
Treasurer: W Cotton,
Committee: Rev Cannon Lee, Rev. H H Courtenay, Rev. R Dunn, W M Floyd, John Gordon, G C Holroyd, H Northcote, J Rendall, J W Sillifant, Rev. C F Smith, Frederick Smith, W T Smith, Lieutenant Colonel Stafford, J F Wilkey, Rev. R Wilkins, Jos Wippell, Rev. V R Wippell,
Physicians: Arthur Guinness, Henry Kelsall, William Kingdon, Boughton Kyngdon,
Secretary and Dispenser: J Rendall,
The Finsbury Circus Free Dispensary for the Poor
Physicians: Paul Francois Curie, Joseph Laurie, William Leaf,
The Glasgow Homeopathic Dispensary opened 10.3.1909
Physicians: Robert Gibson Miller, Patrick, Thomas Thornton Macklin Dishington, Fairlea, Adam Lees
Chemist: *W H Huggins,
The Glastonbury Homeopathic Dispensary for the Poor
Instituted 1848, admissions free,
Patients seen by 1.8.1852 = 12,753
Physicians: William Hitchman, George Newman,
The Guernsey Homeopathic Dispensary at 2 Clifton New Town
Physicians: John Ozanne, Francis Bellamy,
The Guildford Homeopathic Dispensary
Physicians: Henry Victor Malan,
The Hackney Homeopathic Dispensary, the Triangle, Hackney
Physicians: R Roberts,
The Hahnemann Convalescent Home – Bertram Wright Nankivell,
The Hahnemann Homeopathic Dispensary, 1 Carlton Terrace, St. Andrew’s Road, Hastings – Archibald Richard Shaw,
The Hahnemann Hospital at 39 Bloomsbury Square
The Hahnemann Medical Institute and Dispensary, Welbeck Street, corner of Bulstrode Street, Manchester Square
Patron: Arthur FitzGerald Kinnaird, 10th Lord Kinnaird, Henry Tate, (The Hahnemannian Medical Institution and Dispensary (London) - David Dyce Brown, John Chapman, Amos Henriques, Kelly, Henry Kelsall, Joseph Laurie, Henry P Osman, Sherwood,)
The Hahnemann Homeopathic Dispensary (Paris) – Mauritius Fortier Bernoville, Leon Vannier
The Halifax Homeopathic Dispensary – John Hodgson Ramsbotham,
The Hastings Homeopathic Dispensary, 62 Robertson Street,
Medical Officer: Jasper Capper, Robert Douglas Hale, Robert Snowdon,
The Hull Homeopathic Dispensary, 30 Whitefriargate,
President: Daniel Sykes,
Vice President: E A D Brooshooft,
Treasurer: W T Dibb,
Secretary: J L Seaton,
Committee: William Croft, Rev. John Deck, Rev. Andrew Jukes, J F Norwood, G C Roberts, T R Runton, W Stickney,
Physicians: George Atkin, Evan Fraser, James Pyburn,
The Hulme Homeopathic Dispensary,23 Great Jackson Street, Stretford Road, Lancashire Insituted 1852 – Matthews, William Perkins,
The Islington Homeopathic Dispensary, 20 Claremont Place, New Road, Angel Islington, instituted 1845,
Management Committee: William Cooper, George Friend, John Hardy, George Powell, Frederick Sandoz, William Serre, Rev. A R G Thomas,
Physicians: Edward Charles Chepmell,
Dispenser: Brunet,
The Kidderminster Homeopathic Dispensary, Instituted 17th July, 1847.
Patrons: The Right Honourable Lord Foley, Edward Charles Blount,
Physician: Richard Tuthill Massy,
The Leeds Homeopathic Dispensary at 26 and 27 Oxford Street – William Simpson Craig, Henry Cresswell, F W Irvine,
The Leicester Homeopathic Dispensary – George H Hanson, Sydney Hanson, Henry Kelsall, The Wielobycki Brothers,
The Liverpool Homeopathic Hospital
The Royal London Homeopathic Hospital
The Maidstone Homeopathic Dispensary – Edward Barton Shuldham,
The Manchester Homeopathic Hospital and Dispensary
The Marylebone Homeopathic Dispensary – Samuel Thomas Partridge,
The Montparnasse Homeopathic Dispensary on Boulevard Montparnasse – Leon Vannier,
The Naples Homeopathic Dispensary – Georg von Necker
The Newcastle Homeopathic Dispensary
The Northamptonshire Homeopathic Dispensary – President Charles Edmund Isham, Physicians: Arthur Crowden Clifton, Joseph Laurie.
The North London Homeopathic Dispensary, 87 Essex Road, Islington, – Morgan,
The Northumberland and Newcastle Homeopathic Dispensary, Hood Street – Established 1844 – Thomas Hahnemann Hayle, Henry Elliott,
The Norwich Homeopathic Dispensary, Abington Street, Northampton – Robert Douglas Hale, Robert Kerr,
The North Wilts Dispensary Devizes – T Carter, Rev R Dawson, T B Fox, J C Madge, C H Marston, Sir R H Pollen, Lieutenant Colonel Salmon, Ed Simpson, Chas Sloper, J Stratton, Lieutenant Colonel Wallington, W Watson,
The Nottingham Homeopathic Dispensary – George H Hanson,
The Odessa Homeopathic Dispensary for the Poor
The Palermo Homeopathic Dispensary – Giuseppe Mauro, Benoit Jules Mure,
The Phillips Homeopathic Hospital in Bromley – Robert Phillips, Harold Wynne Thomas,
The Plymouth Homeopathic Dispensary & Cottage Hospital, Union Street, Plymouth – Alexander Archibald Hagart Speirs,
The Potteries Homeopathic Dispensary, Bagnal Street Hanley – William Simpson Craig,
The Preston Homeopathic Dispensary – Charles Caulfield Tuckey,
The Reading and Berkshire Homeopathic Dispensary – Edward Harris Ruddock
The Richmond Homeopathic Dispensary, Sion Row, Marshgate Road, Richmond, and 1 George Street Richmond – Harmer,
The Scarborough Homeopathic Dispensary, Vernon Place = William Simpson Craig, Frederick Flint,
The Shepherd’s Bush Children’s Homeopathic Dispensary (The Dispensary was amalgamated with the London Homeopathic Hospital in 1937, and thus became part of the Children’s Outpatient Department there) – John Roberson Day, Harold Fergie Woods,
The Shrewsbury Homeopathic Dispensary - Robert Cartwright,
The Southampton Homeopathic Dispensary,
Patrons: Rev. T D Bolton, Captain Day, R J Gilman, D D Holrood, Henry Pinsent, W H Richardson, Spencer Smith, Rev. Canon Wilson, F L Wollaston,
Medical Officer: Robert Thomas Cooper, Phillip Mann Wilmot,
Dispenser and Treasurer: Charles Rendall,
The South End Homeopathic Dispensary -
The Southern Homeopathic Dispensary for the Diseases of Women and Children,
The Southsea Homeopathic Dispensary – Robert Cartwright,
The St. James’s Homeopathic Hospital, Doncaster,
Initiated 18th February, 1853.
Physician: George Dunn, Herbert Wright Nankivell,
The St. James’s Homeopathic Dispensary opened in 1842 at 8 King Street – Patron: Queen Dowager Adelaide, Physicians: Hugh Cameron, Frederick Hervey Foster Quin, Samuel Thomas Partridge
The Stoke Newington Homeopathic Dispensary
The Sunderland Homeopathic Dispensary 60 Faucett Street, Instituted 1849
Physicians: Elliot, James Joseph Gray, Thomas Hahnemann Hayle, *Robert Stark Tate,
The Taunton Homeopathic Dispensary, North Street, Taunton – James Gibbs Blake,
The Torquay Homeopathic Dispensary – Alfred Midgley Cash, William Austin Gillow,
The Lower Tottenham Infirmary for Woman and Children, linked to the Girl’s Industrial Orphan’s Home for 120 orphan children, and to the Evangelical Protestant Deaconesses’ Institution for the training of Nurses,
Trustees: E Ellis, R N Fowler, Joseph Howard, Theodore Howard,
Treasurer: W Booker,
Physicians: Joseph Kidd, Edward Phillips, Laserson,
Surgeon: Kenny,
The Tunbridge Wells and West Kent Homeopathic Dispensary, opposite Christ Church, High Street (the Pantiles)
The dispensary moved to Hannover Road in 1886, Upper Grosvenor Road in 1887 (this premesis had become a small hospital by 1890), and the dispensary and hospital then became the Tunbridge Wells Homeopathic Hospital in Church Street, Tunbridge Wells in 1902 – the freehold of this property being purchased by Francis Gray Smart.
A new wing was added in 1924, named as a Memorial to Francis Gray Smart, with further extensions added in 1930).
The Tunbridge Wells Homeopathic Hospital was closed for homeopathy on 1.4.2009 following a vitriolic campaign against homeopathy.
President: Rev. Edward Vesey Bligh,
Vice President: John Field,
Treasurer: G L Martin,
Secretary and Dispenser: Cheverton,
Committee: J D Bourdillon, Brackett, A Cotton, J D Cramer Roberts, J Gurdon, J E Huxley, J Isard, Rev. J D Money, W C Moreland, F Norman, Scholes, J H Sharp, F Skipwith, Stephens, J Trueman, C Wilkinson, E O Wollaston, J P Wood,
Physicians: Percy Capper, Francis Gray Smart, John Cass Smart, Arthur de Noe Walker,
The Westbourne Homeopathic Dispensary 2 Hereford Road, Bayswater – Alfred Markwick,
The West End Free Dispensary – Jones, Gurthrie, William Henry Mayne,
The West London Homeopathic Dispensary, 2 London Street Fitzroy, established 1841, and at 67 Newman Street, Oxford Street, established 1848. Founded to treat the poor and to enable medical men and students the opportunity to observe homeopathic method and treatment. 2200 patients were treated between 1841 – 1848, and 2006 patients were treated beteeen 1848 – 1849.
Honorary Secretary: W T T Elliott
Physicians: Robert Ellis Dudgeon, Thomas Engall,
Collector: Watkins,
The Westminster and Lambeth Homeopathic institute and Dispensary – Founder: John Epps, Edward Hamilton, Joseph Laurie, William Henry Mayne,
The Wigan Homeopathic Dispensary, Wallgate – Patron John Trotter Lindsay 10th Earl of Lindsay, Treaurer Rev F F Fergie, Medical Officer John Mason Galloway,
The Winchester Homeopathic Dispensary
The Wismar Homeopathic Dispensary
The Wolverhampton and Stafford Homeopathic Dispensary 8 Darlington Street, Wolverhampton and 27 Tipping Street Stafford (branches at Dudley, Wellington and Walsall) - Edward Thomas Blake, James Gibbs Blake, Frederick Flint, Joseph Lawrence, Edward Wynne Thomas,
The Worcester Homeopathic Dispensary, Angel Place, Instituted, March, 1851. Richard Tuthill Massy,
The York Homeopathic Dispensary – John H Nankivell, Alfred Crosby Pope, Charles Ransford,
* Huggins and Co were the chemist at the Glasgow Homeopathic Dispensary, R B Huggins practiced in Edinburgh, and W H Huggins practiced in Glasgow,
*Robert Stark Tate 1818 – 1880 LSA London 1841, MRCS England 1846,was a British orthodox physician, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons England, who converted to homeopathy to become Surgeon to the Sunderland Homeopathic Dispensary, Surgeon at the London Homeopathic Hospital, Member of the British Homeopathic Society,
Robert Stark Tate practiced at 1 Bennett Place, Blackheath, and at 20, St. John’s Street, Sunderland,
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