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I. Robert Laurie, aged about 30 years, 

 was admitted into the Royal Infirmary with 

 a cataraft in both eyes. ^ \v.t\ 



I operated on the left eye the 23d of 



As foon as I had paffed the knife into: the 

 anterior chamber, he turned his eyes, fo niDch 

 upwards, that the cornea was quite out of 

 light J I waited till the eye returned to its 

 former pofition, when I found the point of 

 the inftrument in the iris, which I imme- 

 diately difengaged, and finifhed the operation 

 without any other accident. 



I expelled a great inflammation from the 

 iris being, touched, but was agreeably difap- 

 pointed, finding the man recover with little 

 pain,, no fever, and the inflammation incon- 

 fiderable. 



About three weeks after the operation, 

 he could diftinguifh colours, and large ob- 

 jefts 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 certainly owing 

 to the iris being hurt. 



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