Observations and cases relating to the operation for artificial pupil; in a letter from Mr. Maunoir of Geneva, to Professor Scarpa of Pavia, with the professor's answer / communicated by Dr. Marcet.

  • Marcet, Alexander, 1770-1822.
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[1816]
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    repeated, during all which time there was a con- stant inflammation of the eyes. In the month of May they were restored to their natural state, and I recovered the entire use of my speech ; but could neither give myself up to my professional service, nor to any thing which demanded fixed and serious attention. During a journey in Russia towards the end of the same year,Isuffered from several slighter attacks of inflammation, which subsided without the appli- cation of any remedies. Having been obliged to pass the winter of 1798 in Siberia, the brightness of the snow, the rigour of the cHmate, the violence of the whirlwinds, to which I was frequently exposed, the ardent reflection of the sun upon the snow and ice, the penetrating smoke which fills the greatest part of the habitations of this dreary country, all these causes contributed to keep my eyes, which were already weak and delicate, in a continual state of inflammation. In 1800,1 could neither write nor read. A little while after, I was still able to perceive the light but less with the left eye than with the right. In the month of August of the same year, durino- my residence at Vienna, I consulted several eminent oculists, and among others Mr. Beer, who was of opmion that my sight could be restored only by an operation on the left eye, which he performed him- ' self, but without success. Since that period I have