Important official documents relative to the disagreements between the members of the late Army Medical Board, not included among the papers printed by order of the House of Commons.
- Thomas Keate
- Date:
- 1810
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Important official documents relative to the disagreements between the members of the late Army Medical Board, not included among the papers printed by order of the House of Commons. 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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![TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE LORD GRANVILLE LEVISON GOWER, SECRETARY AT WAR, &c. / [Copy.] jMy Lord, Army Medical Board Office^ July 18, 1809. I HAVE been honored with the communication of papers that have passed upon the investigation by a Board of General Officers, of the Hos- pital Arrangements in Spain, and on the subsequent re • turn of the army to Englanrl. I by no means presume to call in question any step that has been taken during the Enquiry, or to animadvert on the result, but I feel it incumbent on me, as a public officer, desirous of standing fair in the eyes of the world, explicitly to state to your Lordship, and the Commander ' in Chief, that it is impossible for me, either with a view to the advantage of the service, or to the safety of my own character, longer to act in a public capacity with my two colleagues. I forbear to enter into a relative view of our services; —to advert to the 5th Heport of the Militarv Commis- A](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22396317_0011.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
