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2LIL—THE LADIES' COMMITTEE AT THE ROYAL
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2lil—The Ladies' Committee At The Royal
2 LIL—THE LADIES' COMMITTEE AT THE ROYAL _WESTMINSTER OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL .
«S&>- This The Late Admirable Distinguis...
_« s _&> - This the late admirable distinguished Institution surgeon , established , Mr . Guthrie by the , personal is one among exertions 1 niany of
proofs of the vast amount of good which can _Tbe accomplished by individuals if only their exertions be directed in the right channel
and concentrated on the right object . This hospital , founded in the year 1816 , has from _, that time to the 1 st of January , 1859 , relieved
upwards of one hundred and twenty-nine thousand persons suffering from various diseases of the eye . Two thousand seven hundred and
eighteen have been restored to sight by operations for cataract , etc ., while the sight of ten thousand five hundred has been improved by
the operation for squinting . During the life-time of its energetic and benevolent founder , who never wearied or flagged in his
exertions , the hospital was in a flourishing condition . Mr . Guthrie entered was fortun con ate am _^ in re the into s the ervices obj of ects a m and atron interests , who , clever of the institution and active ,
, not only superintending the domestic arrangements , but bringing so much intelligence and observation to bear upon the different forms
cases of disease , Mr . Guthrie which came was before not onl her y secure eyes , that of , an in able critical carry and ing anxious 1 out of
his directions and instructions , but not unfrequently derived help from the sensible answers he got to his various questionings . The
severel loss of y _^ this felt b m y atron Mr . Guthri , after e , many whose years own of failing invaluable health service prevented , was
his _^ _igMng that active part in the management of the hospital which he ffael" hitherto done . Many circumstances in connection with the
working of this valuable institution testify to the generous and liberal feelings which so eminently characterised Mr . Guthrie ,
endearing him to all who knew him , giving him influence , which lie ever exercised with noble disinterestedness , over a large circle of
friends . This hospital was the first in London which received the indigent and afflicted poor on their own application , without letters
of recommendation , and the practice of the hospital has always been open to the medical officers of the public serviceand to
, students desirous of obtaining information . Upon the death , of Mrs . Silver , and the consequent difficulties
which arose , Mr . Guthrie formed the idea of inviting certain ladies of his acquaintance to constitute a committee for the
of undertaking that personal superintendence which he p was urpose no longer able to give , and which he knew to be so eminently
needed . This was in 1856 , shortly before his death , and the
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1859, page 271, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061859/page/55/
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