Report of the committee of the London Infirmary for Curing Diseases of the Eye : occasioned by the false and calumnious 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 calumnious statements contained in a letter addressed by Sir William Adams, to the Right Honourable and Honourable the Directors of Greenwich Hospital. 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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    has, from its foundation to this day, been open to patients, without the restrictive condition even of a recommendatory ticket: disease and poverty have been sufficient passports to a participation in the benefits which the Infirmary dispenses. In the year 1811, the Infirmary was opened to students to attend and observe the practice of the Medical Directors ; by which measure, the best means were provided for the universal diffusion of the modes of cure practised within its walls, the excellence of which then stood confirmed by sufficient experience. Since the 1st of February of that year, four hundred and twelve pupils , have been instructed under the Medical Direc- tors, in a knowledge of the nature and treat- ment of diseases of the eye—of this number, fifty were physicians—the rest surgeons; con- sisting not only of natives of the three divisions of the United Kingdom, many of whom held important stations in the army and navj^; but also of natives of the West Indies, America, Ger- many, Portugal, and other parts of the gio]:>e— previous to that time, Mr. now Sir illiam Adams, and other gentlemen, had been in- structed at the Infirmary. In the year 1808, a Charity, on the model of your Institution, was established at Exeter, un- der the professional direction of Mr. Adams; similar Institutions have since been estab-