The art of preserving the sight unimpaired to an extreme old age ... to which are added, observations on the inconveniences and dangers arising from the use of common spectacles ... / by an experienced oculist.

  • Beer, Georg Josef, 1763-1821.
Date:
1816
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Credit: The art of preserving the sight unimpaired to an extreme old age ... to which are added, observations on the inconveniences and dangers arising from the use of common spectacles ... / by an experienced oculist. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    IN THE SMALL-POX. CHAPTER V. Treatment of the Eyes during and after the Small-pox. It is difficult to conceive, unless through experience, how inconsiderately the eyes of children are treated, even-by professional men, during the small-pox, though these instances are necessarily less frequent since the introduction of vaccination. If, then, thp natural dis- order, either through misapprehension, or through wilful obstinacy, is still to be permitted, nay, encouraged, to spread its ravages among us, it must be of some value to ascertain a proper method of treatment, particularly when that is founded upon many years experience. I shall, therefore, offer to the public a few hints, of whose success my fortu- nate practice has convinced me, as being extremely conducive to the prevention