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<dl><dd>The address is an open letter requesting financial support, and includes a history and description of the institution. It is signed by Joseph G. J. Bend, the president, and by two other members of the Board of Managers</dd>
<dd>Appendices no. 1-7 (p. [9]-24) include "An act to incorporate the contributors to the Baltimore General Dispensary" (passed by the state legislature in 1807), the by-laws and supplementary resolutions, the "Regulations of the Humane Societyengrafted on the Dispensary", "Information to patients", and the names of the managers, consulting and attending physicians, and the apothecary</dd>
<dd>"Annual reports of the patients admitted" and "Statement of the funds" for the years 1803-1812: p. 25-31. "List of the contributors for the last six years": p. 32-40</dd>
<dd>Film 633 reel 4 is part of Research Publications Early American Medical Imprints collection (RP reel 4, no. 106)</dd>
<dd>NLM copy bound with its Rules and by-laws (Baltimore, 1803)</dd>
<dd>Microfilm</dd>
<dd>Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints</dd>
<dd>Shaw &amp; Shoemaker</dd>
<dd>Will digitize</dd>
<dd>Condition reviewed</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Hospitals, Voluntary</div>
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<dl><dd>Baltimore General Dispensary</dd>
<dd>Edes, Benjamin, 1784-1832, printer</dd></dl></div>
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