On the cure of squinting, by the division of one of the straight muscles of the eye, &c. &c. &c. : being the half-yearly report laid before the Governors of the Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital, Charing Cross, at their general meeting on the 25th July, 1840 / by Charles W.G. Guthrie.

  • Guthrie, Charles W. Gardiner, 1817-1859.
Date:
1840
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Credit: On the cure of squinting, by the division of one of the straight muscles of the eye, &c. &c. &c. : being the half-yearly report laid before the Governors of the Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital, Charing Cross, at their general meeting on the 25th July, 1840 / by Charles W.G. Guthrie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ADDRESS of the COMMITTEE of the Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital to the Governors, at the General Meeting on the 25th July, 1840. Sir J. Swinburne, Bart, in the Chair. The Committee beg leave to state to the Governors, that since the 1st of •January, 1840, the number of Applicants has greatly increased, being at the rate of GOO for the year above the great increase of last year, and the number of urgent cases, many coming from distant parts, whom it is desirable to admit as In-patients, is so considerable, as to render it very distressing to the Medical Officers to be obliged to refuse admission for want of the means of supporting them. The Committee have therefore decided on augmenting the number of In-patients from 10 to 18, by opening two of the four wards remaining unoccupied ; and they entreat the co-operation of the Governors and their friends to obtain funds amounting to 150 pounds per annum, to be raised by additional Subscriptions or by Contri- butions to the Inalienable Fund : and the Committee earnestly recommend attention to this Fund, the augmentation of which to £10,000. would render inestimable advantages to the indigent Blind, and establish the Hospital on an indestructible footing. The poor in London are received on their own application as out-patients without letters of recommendation, and those in the country requiring operation will be admitted after a previous application of the clergyman, or duly constituted authorities of the place, to the Secretary. Contributors of twenty guineas become Life Governors, or by the pay- ment of two guineas annually ; but the smallest donation will be gratetully received. (By order) T. R. FOWLER, R.N. Sec. Printed by F. Hayden, Little College Street, Westminster.