The Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital, King William Street, Charing Cross, founded in 1816, for the relief of indigent persons afflicted with diseases of the eye : with a list of the governors, subscribers, &c. to April, 1860, and the treasurer's and surgeon's report to the end of the year 1859.

  • Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital.
Date:
1860
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Credit: The Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital, King William Street, Charing Cross, founded in 1816, for the relief of indigent persons afflicted with diseases of the eye : with a list of the governors, subscribers, &c. to April, 1860, and the treasurer's and surgeon's report to the end of the year 1859. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    The Secretary attends at the Hospital to receive Subscrip- tions, (be., every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, between the hours of 12 and 2, and will be obliged for the cor- rection of any errors or omissions in the Addresses of the Subscribers. This Hospital set the example in London, in 1816, of receiving the Poor on their own application, without Letters of Recommendation ; and those in the Country, Requiring Operation,, will be received after a previous application by the Clergyman, or other duly constituted authorities of the place, to the Secretary; and any Lady or Gentleman, sending a patient for admission from the Country, is requested to transmit to the Secretary, money for the patient's carriage home, and likewise for washing expenses. The Days of Admission for In-patients, and Advice for Out-patients, are Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, from half-past 12 to half-past 1 o'clock, unless in cases of emergency, when they are received daily. Public inspection is invited at all reasonable hours, the Wards being perfectly Clean, and in good order. GEORGE C. FARRANT, Secretary. Donations of old table-clotlis and napkins most thankfully received. Such articles are invaluable, being greatly needed in cases for opera- tion, and also difficult, to obtain.