A dissertation upon the gutta serena, the paralysis of the retina, and the progress of cataracts : Together with a new method to cure these disorders, and check them in their origin / By Dr. Chalibert, Oculist.

  • Chalibert, Oculist.
Date:
1774
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Credit: A dissertation upon the gutta serena, the paralysis of the retina, and the progress of cataracts : Together with a new method to cure these disorders, and check them in their origin / By Dr. Chalibert, Oculist. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    • S phlogiftic humours, which difturb and impede its functions: either of thefe caufes may a£t more or lefs, and pro¬ duce the Perfect or imperfect Para- I make no diftin&ion between the generality of the diforders of the Retina and thofe of the Optic Nerves, as to the effe&s which are produced by them; for whether the Paralyfis exifts abfo- lutely, or dependently on the optic nerves, blind nefs is the never-fail in2 O confequence. Remedies which are employed for the cure of the Paralyfis of the Retina are generally applied to the Gutta Se¬ rena; but what I have already faid under that article, renders the repetition here unneceffary. G On