48 Memoirs of the late 
which he felt in his subject, and with which 
he succeeded in inspiring his hearers. 
For many years Mr. White was annually 
continued one of -the Vice Presidents of this — 
society, and exhibited unwearied zeal for its 
interests. But the advances of old age, and 
some important legal rights, which he found 
himself called upon to support in behalf of a 
near relative, left under his protection, neces- 
sarily diminished the frequency of his atten- 
dance at our meetings. 
From the first opening of the Infirmary, 
Mr. White attended to the discharge of his 
duties, as surgeon to the charity, with the 
greatest assiduity and practical success. But, 
some years ago, the rapid increase in the po- 
pulation of the town and neighbourhood de- 
manded, in the opinion of the trustees, an 
increased number of physicians and surgeons; 
and this measure not being satisfactory to the 
gentlemen, who then officiated as surgeons to 
the charity, they resigned their situations. 
In the year 1803, our respectable associate 
was attacked with the Opthalmia, which was, 
at that time, epidemic. He suffered extreme 
and long continued pain of his left eye, and 
though the inflammation was subdued, the 
sight of that eye was permanently injured. 
Fle still, however, continued to practise, and 
