. Annals of medical history. were notconfined to church matters. He was a liberalsupporter of the Pennsylvania , too, in 1747 he served on the Boardof Managers of a lottery for strengtheningthe defences of the city against the depreda-tions of French and Spanish privateers. In January, 1772, at the ripe age of eighty-eight years, this ancient, worthy anduseful member of the church died. Still infull possession of his faculties, he attendedhis extensive practice and other activitiesuntil a few weeks before his death. By hiswill a large portion of his estate was assignedto the estab
. Annals of medical history. were notconfined to church matters. He was a liberalsupporter of the Pennsylvania , too, in 1747 he served on the Boardof Managers of a lottery for strengtheningthe defences of the city against the depreda-tions of French and Spanish privateers. In January, 1772, at the ripe age of eighty-eight years, this ancient, worthy anduseful member of the church died. Still infull possession of his faculties, he attendedhis extensive practice and other activitiesuntil a few weeks before his death. By hiswill a large portion of his estate was assignedto the establishment of a home to be knownas Christ Church Hospital—^for the *George Washington and Benedict Arnold. support of ten or more poor or distressedwomen, of the communion of the Church ofEngland, or such as the said corporationand their successors shall deem such; pre-ferring clergymens widows before others,and supplying them with meat, drink andlodging, and the assistance of personspracticing physics and surgery. Probably. A solemn house of worship in the slums of a modern city. some unrecorded codicil or agreement be-tween the interested parties made thisprovision active only on the death of hiswidow, since this fund became available onher decease. May 26, 1778. Supplementedby donations and bequests from JosephDobbins of South Carolina, the originalArch Street property used as a home wasremodeled in 1785 and ultimately a new andadequate building was provided on CherryStreet in 1819. Thus a life of usefulness in medical andcivic afTairs had left its stamp on the cominggenerations of Philadelphians through encr- 398 Annals oj Medical History getic tutelage and preeminent example, andindeed on the very character of the city bynotable contributions to its architecture andinstitutions. Furthermore, the name, John Kearsley,was still borne by a briUiant nephew,
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