General Booth at that date had some work which he wanted to finish, and eventually the date for operation was fixed for May 23rd.

On that day I operated.

I did a simple extraction under cocaine.
"Nothing could have been more satisfactory, as will be seen from the notes, and the bulletin sent to the papers was, 'The operation was entirely successful; the ultimate result depends on The General's recuperative power.' When I covered the eye and bandaged it I thought that success was certain, and was confirmed in that opinion on the following morning when I lifted up the dressing and found all was well, and that the patient, when he partly opened the eye, could see.

On the third day Dr.Milne, who was in attendance, at once saw that mischief had occurred, and the sequence of events I have narrated.

How the eye became infected I am unable to say.