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remarkably bad eye in this refpea ; it was 

 fmall, the cornea flat, and the diftance be- 

 tween the eye-lids, when open, was very 

 little : perhaps xhQfpeculum oculi would be 

 of ufe to help all thefe faults while the cornea 

 is tutting, but no longer, for fear of- prefling 

 out the vitreous humour. 



There was nothing particular in the treat- 

 ment of thefe patients after the operation -, 

 it confided chiefly in blooding, fpare diet, 

 now and then a gentle laxative, and cloths 

 dipt in vinegar and water applied frequently 

 to the eyes j they were not confined to their 

 beds above a day or two, and none of them 

 required fomentations. 



I do not pretend, - from the above cafes, to 

 make a comparifon betwixt the fuccefs of 

 couching, and the new methodj this requires 

 more cafes than I have had occafion to fee^ * 



According to the trials made by fomc of 

 the French Surgeons, which you'll find in the 

 Memoirs of the Academy of Surgery, W. ii. 

 p. 578. the couching was the moft fuccefsfuL 



Mr. Morand couched fix patients. 

 3 of them faw difliindtly. 

 % of the cataracts rofe again. 



M. 



