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his eyes more able to look at {mall objeds, * 
without complaining. | 
HE was difmiffed the houfe the 1oth of 
November, when he could read without 
the affiftance of glaffes. ! 
5. ROBERT Laurie, whom have al- 
ready mentioned, had the operation per- 
formed on the right eyethe 12th of O@o- 
ber, when nothing extraordinary happen- 
ed; he had a very good recovery, with 
fcarce any pain or inflammation; he was 
difmiffed from the Houfe the 19th of No- 
vember, when he faw very diftintly with 
both eyes. , 
6. AGNEs Barrowman, aged about 
39 years, was admitted into the Royal 
Infirmary, with cataracts in both eyes. 
T operated on the left eye the 26th of 
October 1755. . 
THE fpace betwixt her eye-lids, when 
raifed up, was fo fmall, that I could with 
difficulty fee all the cornea, which, in this 
patient, was remarkably flat. 
As foon as I had pafied the knife into 
the anterior chamber, fhe was feized with Re 
a fit of coughing, which obliged me to 
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