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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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.

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    I ' <( right, was operated on, and now fees fic with both eyes. <c The Phyficians and Surgeons, who <c were fo obliging as to be prefent at £t the operations, are intreated to give €i themfelves the trouble to call again <c on Saturday, the 30th of this month, “ in order to fee the perfons who un- <c derwent the operation in their pro¬ s' fence. Several of them came, and were wit- neffes to the happy ftate of the pa¬ tients. . It will be needlefs to dwell on the unhappy htuation of the victims to the diforders of the eyes. The horror of that condition, which fubje&s the {of¬ ferer to be deceived by all who furround i him, and which involves every thing in darknefs, exceeds the power of de- fcription.