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
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

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.

    31/42 (page 23)
    44 bers of inftruments have been con- 44 trived in order to fix the globe oi 44 the eye, but all to no purpofe, becaufe 44 of the accidents which have happened “ during or after the operation. tc I have contrived an inftrument 44 which fixes the globe of the eye with^ 44 out pricking or bruifing it, and an- 44 fivers every way my wilhes, even for 44 the moft moveable eyes. I cannot, 44 Gentlemen, fubmit my diicovery to 44 better judges than ye; therefore I in- 44 treat you, with the greateft fincerity, 44 to be prefent at home operations ot 44 the cataract, which I will perform 44 on Friday next, March 25, at one 44 o’clock in the afternoon. I am, with 44 the greateft refpedt, 44 Gentlemen, 44 Your, &c. I