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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    Mr. Adams in London, for the purpose of at- tending the funeral of Mr. Saunders, he was requested by Mr. Adams to communicate to the Committee or friends of Mr. Saunders, his desire to become the editor of the posthu- mous work, and to state, that for such per- mission, he would pay one hundred pounds to Mr. Saunders' widow or executors. That he soon afterwards accidentally met a gen- -tleman who had taken an active part in the Charity, from whom he learnt, that the Officers of the Infirmary, who had undertaken the entire direction of the concerns of Mr. Saunders, had so much resentment or prejudice against Mr. Adams, that any such proposal would, on their part, meet with the most violent oppo- sition ; and that Mr. Milford does not recollect having taken any further measures on the subject. Sir William Adams then states, that he, in consequence, endeavoured to see Dr. Farre, himself, to repeat his proposal in per- son, and to explain away, if possible, the prejudices he, Dr. Farre, entertained against him; that on his way, 5ome dai/s afterwards, to his house, for that purpose, he accidentally met, at Mr. Saunders' house, with an acquaint- ance, a young man who had succeeded him in acting as assistant to Mr. Saunders, to whom *' he mentioned the above circumstance,