Report of the Committee of the London Infirmary for Curing Diseases of the Eye, occasioned by the false and caluminous statements contained in a letter addressed by Sir William Adams to the Right Honourable and Honourable the Directors of Greenwich Hospital.

  • London Infirmary for Curing Diseases of the Eye
Date:
1818
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Credit: Report of the Committee of the London Infirmary for Curing Diseases of the Eye, occasioned by the false and caluminous statements contained in a letter addressed by Sir William Adams to the Right Honourable and Honourable the Directors of Greenwich Hospital. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    lished in the Metropolis, and in different parts of the United Kingdom, under the professional direction of gentlemen who have received in- struction at the London Infirmary, and your Committee have the satisfaction to learn, that Infirmaries for the Eye, are at this time contem- plated in two principal Towns, to be conducted, as your Committee have reason to believe, by pupils of your Medical Directors. Early in the year 1812, the General Commits tee assiduously promoted the sale of the posthu- mous work of Mr. Saunders, on Diseases of the Eye, in which, the Committee felt a lively and anxious interest, because it served to extend the knowledge of the valuable practice of the Infirmary; as well as for other reasons, which will be noticed hereafter. At the same time, a copy of the work was presented to the Army Medical Board, by order of the Committee. In the year 1815, your respected President and a deputation from the General Committee prayed the assistance of his Majesty's Govern- ment, in furtherance of the comprehensive views of the Committee—by memorial and by personal application, to his Royal Highness the Duke of York, and to Lords Viscount Mel- ville and Sidmouth; on which occasion, his Royal Highness graciously condescended to become Patron of the Infirmary. See Appendix [A].