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with licrle pain, no fever, and the inflam- 
mation inconfiderable. 
Axovr three weeks after the operation, 
“he could diftingnith colours and large 
objects tolerably well; but could not bear 
much light. His eye continued weak 
and watery for about three weeks more, 
when he could eafily fee a pin in the fleeve 
of his own coat; his eye was clear, but 
the pupil not quite round, which was cer- 
tainly owing to the zrzs beirig hurt. 
2. ——— was admitted into the 
Royal Infirmary about the middle of Sep- 
tember, with a cataract in the one eye, 
and the cornea of the other quite opaque. 
THE pupil of the cataracted eye was 
contracted to above the fize of a large pin- 
head, but quite immoveable. 
HE was vifited by feveral furgeons in 
_ town, who were of opinion, that the dif- 
eafe was incurable, and that the bottom 
of the eye was affected, as well as the 
eryftalline lens. 
“I propofed trying the new operation, 
before he fhould be difmified incurable; 
to which they very readily confented. 
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