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since its first formation in 1817, without having hitherto received 
any remuneration for that duty. 
& Upon the first point, your Committee have to report, That 
the existence of these granulations, and the necessity of removing 
them, seem to have been known in very early times, and are 
adverted to in the works of Celsus in the first century, of Paulus 
of AXgina in the seventh, of Rhases the, Arabian in the tenth, and 
in the work of Sir William Reid in the reign of Queen Anne. 
That consequently no person in the present day, can claim more 
than the merit of having revived knowledge which had fallen into 
neglect. Your Committee do not feel it necessary to pronounce 
between the conflicting claims upon this head, or, by recom- 
mending a parliamentary reward for such revival, to decide to 
whom the merit properly belongs. ‘They conceive, that question 
is best left to the decision of the profession, and of the public. 
But they are of opinion that Sir William Adams has, among 
others, been greatly instrumental in promulgating this knowledge, 
and in rendering it generally available. 
“€ Upon the second point your Committee have to report, that 
‘since the first establishment of the Hospital in 1817, Sir William 
Adams has devoted to the duties arising out of his appointment, 
a large portion of that time, which to a professional man is the 
sonree of income; and that, inasmuch as the time which he 
could apply to his private practice has thereby been much eur- 
tailed, his professional emoluments must also have been propor- 
tionally lessened. That he has performed the difficult duties of 
his appointment with the greatest zeal and assiduity; and that 
your Committee have been led to form the highest opinion of 
his skill and abilities as an oculist. 
“© Your Committee taking into consideration all the cireum- 
stances of the case, are induced to recommend, that the sum of 
four thousand pounds should be paid to Sir William Adams, as a 
reward for the services which he has rendered to the public.” 
July 3, 1821. 
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