Volume 2

The continuation of the narrative of Miss Margaret McAvoy's case. With general observations upon the case itself; upon her peculiar powers of distinguishing colours, reading, &c., through the medium of her fingers; with additional proofs of her blindness ... To which is now added, an account of the appearances upon dissection / [Thomas Renwick].

  • Renwick, Thomas.
Date:
1820
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Credit: The continuation of the narrative of Miss Margaret McAvoy's case. With general observations upon the case itself; upon her peculiar powers of distinguishing colours, reading, &c., through the medium of her fingers; with additional proofs of her blindness ... To which is now added, an account of the appearances upon dissection / [Thomas Renwick]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    By accidental information I became acquainted with 4 the mode pursued by Miss M‘Avoy’s antagoniststo make _ must always be doubted asa man of sound judgment ; but — i I might retort upon any person who advocates this. doc- — riné, that incredulity is a weakness in him who refuses to believe that which he sees ; and becomes, if he persist, — in this conduct, a. crime of no small magnitude ; more particularly, when he attemps to stem the current of truth by engulphing it in the dangerous rortex of § falsehpod* * i pa a | ate mai yer. co 4 _ From an aMebaration of a gentleman mentioned in had been adopted to make the public suppose the whole affair an imposition. From that moment I deter- mined not to await the event of her death, which I had before intended, and which there had been every reason to expect, at different periods for more than two years” past, but to publish the Continuation of her Case, to state the facts as they really were, and to leave the public to dita of them. | ‘ “Liverpool, April 20th, 1820. * Some of my friends have said with a smile, ““ Ah! Doctor, if our richer ° merchants, or neighbouring gentlemen had related this case, your professional brethren would each have examined into its nature; you would have been saved from the charge of credulity ; and the numbers who would then have’ believed in, and reported:upon it, would have ‘established the truth of the statement with the public.” yen . pit -