A special report of the General Committee of the London Infirmary for Curing Diseases of the Eye : in which certain pretensions of Sir William Adams, advanced in the official papers published by order of the Hon. directors of Greenwich Hospital, lately submitted to a medical committee, appointed by government, and affecting the rights of the Infirmary, and the merits of the late John Cunningham Saunders, Esq. its founder and surgeon; are examined and disproved bythe correspondence of Mr. Saunders, and other documents.

  • London Infirmary for Curing Diseases of the Eye.
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1815
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Credit: A special report of the General Committee of the London Infirmary for Curing Diseases of the Eye : in which certain pretensions of Sir William Adams, advanced in the official papers published by order of the Hon. directors of Greenwich Hospital, lately submitted to a medical committee, appointed by government, and affecting the rights of the Infirmary, and the merits of the late John Cunningham Saunders, Esq. its founder and surgeon; are examined and disproved bythe correspondence of Mr. Saunders, and other documents. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Committee, the evidence which supports the rights of this Infirmary, and the merits of the late John Cunningham Saunders, Esq. its Founder and Surgeon, in respect to the treatment of the Egyptian Ophthahnia, against certain claims of Sir William Adams, brought forward under the sanction of the Honourable Directors of Greenwich Hospital, and submitted to the examination of a Me- dical Committee,* appointed by Government, having been read and confirmed; the following Report of the Medical Officers, on the matters referred to their examination, was read by the President, and deliberately considered. * This Committee was composed of the Gentlemen, whose names ara subjoined. Sir HENRY HALFORD, Bart. M.D. F. R. S. Physician in Ordi- nary to the King, and to the Prince Regent. MATTHEW BAILLIE, M. D. F. R. S. Physician extraordinary f the King. Sir EVERARD HOME, Bart. F. R. S. Sergeant Surgeon to the King. HENRY CLINE, Esq. F. R. S, ASTLEY COOPER, Es(i. F. R. S. JOHN ABERNETHY, Esq. F. R. S.