List of public dispensaries

A public dispensary provides "outpatient medical treatment and advice to patients, in contrast to the inpatient service provided by hospitals". Examples include:

Australia

 * Sydney Dispensary, Australia, founded 1826

Canada

 * Toronto Western Hospital, Canada, founded as a public dispensary in 1895

India

 * Guru Nanak Charitable Dispensary, Chakala, Mumbai
 * Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Kanpur
 * Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith, Purulia

London

 * The Foundery free dispensary in Moorfields, was opened by Methodist preacher John Wesley in 1746
 * Finsbury Dispensary, London, founded 1780
 * St. Mary's Dispensary for Women, London, founded 1866
 * Surrey Dispensary, founded 1777
 * Warwick Lane dispensary, London 1688–1725
 * St. Martin's Lane dispensary
 * General Dispensary, Aldersgate Street

Elsewhere in England

 * Ardwick and Ancoats Dispensary, Manchester, England. Founded in 1828 and managed under the auspices of the Provident Dispernsary Association from 1875
 * Hereford Dispensary, Hereford, England. Founded in 1835.

Elsewhere in the U.K.

 * Edinburgh Provident Dispensary for Women and Children, Scotland, founded 1878
 * Public Dispensary of Edinburgh, Scotland, founded 1776 (received royal charter in 1818 to become Royal Public Dispensary of Edinburgh)

United States

 * Boston Dispensary
 * Baltimore General Dispensary
 * Evening Dispensary For Working Women and Girls, Baltimore

Other countries

 * Dispensary for Chinese at Macau, founded in 1820 by the Scottish missionary Robert Morrison and John Livingstone, a surgeon with the East India Company