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.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    juii. of Gracechurch-street, being blind in one eye. In this instance an ophthalmia, which had not been very severe, had ter- minated spontaneously some time before her application. The pupil was contract- ed, irregular, and opake. She was treated precisely as the case recited above. In the course of a fortnight the pupil was much enlarged, but nothing could be more irre- gular, in consequence of the adhesions being elongated by the retraction of the iris. She has continued the plan to the present time. The pupil is less irregular, having assumed an oval form, and is to- lerably clear. She can now read a mode- rate print with this eye; but, on her ap- plication, could not perceive a single letter of the largest dimensions. The pupil, al- though large enough, is perfectly fixed, as in the former instance. Ju)ie 16, 1806.