A reply to a recent publication against him, purporting to be the "Report of the Committee of the London Infirmary, for Curing Diseases of the Eye."

  • Adams, William, Sir, 1783-1827.
Date:
1818
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Credit: A reply to a recent publication against him, purporting to be the "Report of the Committee of the London Infirmary, for Curing Diseases of the Eye.". Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    more uitli a view to assure myself of accuracy upon this part of the case, in consequence of the peculiarly delicate tendency of Mrs. Colkett's statements, I had a proof of that part of my Pamphlet which related to the Proceedings of the Committee that determined upon the subject of her Appeal, submitted to the correction of a Rev. Gentleman, who was present at that Meeting.—From this most respect- able Clergyman, 1 received a full' assurance of the correct- ness of my information with respect to the eager and suc- cessful arguments of Dr. Farre, to deprive the relict of hi* friend, of the annuity, which was so necessary to save her froiii absolute indigence.—With such an host of evidence upon that ground, could I entertain a doubt of the state- ments which I made in my letter to the Directors of Green- wich Hospital? In the Report upon which T am animadverting, and in which Mrs. Colkett's circular letter is pronounced grossly incorrect, I am apprized of certain proceedings on the part of the London Eye Infirmary.—But of those proceed- ings or resolutions I never was aware until I read this Re- port. The circular of Mrs. Colkett was ■published four years ago.—It was distributed among all the subscribers of the London Eye Infirmary, as well as among many other indivi- duals; and yet the medical officers, whose conduct it so particularly implicated, never printed or published any reply until within this last month. They cannot therefore be justly angry with me, or with any other person, who, in the absence of any opposing proof, or even of mere contra- diction, should have decided according to the statement of Mrs. Colkett. In answer to that statement, the Report alledges that Mrs. Colkett's annuity was granted with the understand- ** ing that it should be revoked in case she married a second time. But what are the words of the srant as stated v