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 The Medical Committee of that period was composed, among others, of Gerry, and Samuel and John Adams; men among the most active of the body on other committees, and time and opportunity was really wanting to them to examine into such details as would be necessary for a proper judgment. Thus Morgan, though believed by all who knew him, as well as by popular opinion, and the Commander-in-Chief, to have discharged his high trust with integrity, energy, and marked ability, was yet doomed to be put aside for some more convenient season.