Portland Free Dispensary (Portland, Or.)

The Portland Free Dispensary is part of the Peoples Institute, affiliated with the Medical School of University of Oregon.

The Peoples Institute was organized in 1904 to improve the living conditions of women and children in northern Portland. In 1907, the Executive Board of the Institute formed the Portland Free Dispensary to provide health services to this population. In 1909, the University of Oregon Medical School chose to affiliate with the Dispensary to provide equipment and medical services. In 1913, attendance at the Dispensary became mandatory for all UOMS medical students. By 1921, the Dispensary was taken under the auspices of the Medical School as an outpatient clinic. In 1931, the clinic was relocated from its downtown location to the campus on Marquam Hill.