A treatise on some practical points relating to the diseases of the eye / by John Cunningham Saunders ... to which are addded, a short account of the author's life, and his method of curing the congenital cataract, by ... J.R. Farre.

Date:
1816
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Credit: A treatise on some practical points relating to the diseases of the eye / by John Cunningham Saunders ... to which are addded, a short account of the author's life, and his method of curing the congenital cataract, by ... J.R. Farre. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    public and the profession have acknow- ledged his services ; and where the voice of the body has conferred this distinction on liis memory, the editor of his work might stand acquitted, even although he should disregard the unjust and unmerited attacks of certain individuals, on the well earned character of his friend ; and it is probable that he would have disregarded them, if the offence had not been repeated ; but even forbearance has its limits, beyond which it becomes a dereliction of duty to be silent. The late Mr. Gibson, early in the sum- mer of 1811, wrote to Mr. Travers, for the purpose of ascertaining the method of oper- ating which had been practised by Mr. Saunders. When this request was com- municated to the Editor, he really gave Mr. Gibson credit for correct intention; and, in reply, requested Mr. Travers to state to him that the subject of his inquiry would shortly be communicated to him, through the medium of the press, a part of the posthumous work of Mr. Saunders being at that time printed. But it appears from a paper dated at Manchester, June 13? 1811, and published by Mr. Gibson, in