| Description Of Item | Addressed to William Hamilton. He writes a letter of introduction for his brother Joseph who is on his way to Jamaica at the instigation of Dr Hamilton. He gives a favourable report of Mr Pellier [Guillaume Pellier de Quengsy] and his eye operations. He hopes to learn more about his method of treating cataracts and keep a record of all his cases in this country. He disagrees with him about the practicality of extracting the capsule with the lens in it and thinks that this is a cyst instead. |