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
United Kingdom
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
References

![List of public dispensaries: The Surrey Dispensary, in Southwark (now an area of central London). Coloured lithograph by R. Alford, c.1840.[1]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/The_Surrey_Dispensary%2C_Great_Dover_Street%2C_Southwark._Colour_Wellcome_V0013755_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-The_Surrey_Dispensary%2C_Great_Dover_Street%2C_Southwark._Colour_Wellcome_V0013755_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)

