A treatise on some practical points relating to the diseases of the eye / by the late John Cunningham Saunders; to which is added, a short account of the author's life, and his method of curing the congenital cataract, by his friend and colleague, J. R. Farre. The whole illustrated by colour engravings.

  • Saunders, John Cunningham, 1773-1810.
Date:
1811
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Credit: A treatise on some practical points relating to the diseases of the eye / by the late John Cunningham Saunders; to which is added, a short account of the author's life, and his method of curing the congenital cataract, by his friend and colleague, J. R. Farre. The whole illustrated by colour engravings. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    merit, by which the morbid processes of a si- milar kind in other organs are controlled. The arrangement of the cases in Chap- ter V. is merely intended to point to a prac- tical distinction of some importance. Few cases of the malignant fungi can fall under the observation of an individual; for which reason they are the more worthy of being recorded, and of being illustrated by correct Engravings. It is the only method of communicating to medical men correct no- tions of diseases which are imperfectly com- prehended, and which are apt to be con- founded under one generical term. The Chapter on the congenital cataract has been composed from the notes of the Author, and from direct observation on al- most all the cases, public and private, on which he operated.