Volume 1

An address to the publick: containing narratives of the effects of certain chemical remedies in most diseases. Particularly exemplified in the histories of various cases, both medical and chirurgical; attested by the patients themselves, or by their friends ... To which is prefixed, a preface, giving an account of the uses and operations of these particular remedies ... / By Cromwell Mortimer, M.D.

  • Mortimer, Cromwell, -1752.
Date:
1745
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Credit: An address to the publick: containing narratives of the effects of certain chemical remedies in most diseases. Particularly exemplified in the histories of various cases, both medical and chirurgical; attested by the patients themselves, or by their friends ... To which is prefixed, a preface, giving an account of the uses and operations of these particular remedies ... / By Cromwell Mortimer, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SECT. III. O/’Diseases of the EYES. The Case of Hannah Perkins, at Mr. Cooks3 Sales¬ man, at the Sugar-loaf, Monmonth-fir eet. Blindnds fo far cured, as to be able to read common Print. THIS poor Girl, aged about 15, fell ill of a Cold, which was attended with luch an Inflammation of one of her Eyes, that when it went off, it left the Cornea fo opaque, that fhe could fee nothing with that Eye- not fo much as the Light of a Window, or of a Candle. She had been with the famous Taylor, who had given her an Eye-water, which, to me, feemed to have Tutty in it, and which fmelt of Camp hire ; but finding no Benefit from the Ufe of it, her Miftrefs de- fired my Afliftance, April 20. 1744. I made her fome of the Eye-water, and dire&ed her how to ufe it. July 30. fol¬ lowing, the Girl came to my Houfe to return me Thanks, for fhe could now fee, with that Eye which had been blind, a Pen flung down upon the Table, the Buttons on my Coat, and knew Peoples Faces, but not enough to thread a Needle. After this fhe caught Cold again, and had an Inflammation in both Eyes, for which fhe was lent to a certain great Hofpi- tai j where not finding any Benefit from what was done for her, fhe returned to her Miftrefs, and again made ufe of the Eye-water I gave her. The Inflammation foon went off, and fhe could fee to few coarfe Work in February 1744-5. The above is a true Account of the great Beneft I received from the Eye-water above-mentioned, Witnefs, Signed with the Mark of Eliz. Cook. Hannah Perkins. P, S, She called at my Houfe, March 17. 1744-5. aud could then fee, with that Eye alone which had been blind, to read Print of the Size of this Poft- fcript. Various