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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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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    Observation I. I Have had under my care Mrs. Le- moine, of King Street, St. James’s Square, affli&ed with a Paralylis on the Retinae. The diforder has been com¬ ing, by degrees, for thefe two years, after a cold in her eyes. In reading with attention, fhe per¬ ceived the words as if they had been long black ffrokes, without being able to diftinguifh them ; infomuch that fhe had been obliged to give over not only reading, but her bufinefs. She is now in a fituation to follow her profeflion, and can even read fmall print. Observation II. MR. Samuel Turner, five and forty years old,livingin Brook’s Meufe, between Brook Street and Grof/enor D Street, 3