Report submitted to His Royal Highness the Commander in Chief, upon the subject of the out pensioners of Chelsea Hospital, that have been under treatment for diseases of the eyes : also, the reports made by the medical officers of Chelsea Hospital upon the cases of those patients.
- Great Britain. Army Medical Board
- Date:
- 1819
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Report submitted to His Royal Highness the Commander in Chief, upon the subject of the out pensioners of Chelsea Hospital, that have been under treatment for diseases of the eyes : also, the reports made by the medical officers of Chelsea Hospital upon the cases of those patients. 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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![In regard to Sir William Adams's treatment of Chronic Diseases of the Eyes; sach as Opa- cities of the Cornea; or the granular state of the membrane lining the Eyelids; after having given much attention to the subject, and alter having compared the results of his practice with that of the General Hospital at Chatham, and with the Army of Occupation in France, we are unable to discover that he has adopted a more successful mode of treatment than otlier persons ; on the contrary, we consider his prac- tice to have been in the main unsuccessfu], and we have little doubt that, if a certain number of cases of Chronic Ophthalmia, and particu- larly Opacities of the Cornea and Granulations of the Lids were to be placed under Sir William Adams, and an equal number of similar cases under the charge of Medical Officers of the Army, that the Medical Officers of the Army would cure, or benefit, a larger proportion of them than Sir William Adams. This opinion is not meant to imply any disparagement of this Gentleman,—it arises from the superior experience of the Medical Officers of the Army in these diseases. It may also be attributed to another catise, which is, they can give the whole of their time and their undivided attention to public duties, while an oculist, employed in extensive practice ia civil life, ca aiibrd only a small portion of his time ; and the operations for the successful treatment of these ca.es is tedi-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22274339_0007.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
