BOWMAN LECTURE. 



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1909.* Case 171. Ibid., T.O.8., February llth, 1909. 



I, 1 affected. II, 3 affected. Ill, 1 affected at about 20, patient of 

 Mr. Doyne at Oxford, now set. 33 years, his six siblings all normal ; III, 9 

 affected at 16, seen 1907 and again 1909 when set. 24 years, V. / ; III, 13 

 affected at 10 (March, 1904), V. down to / n , in July began to improve, 

 and by March, 1905, had recovered to -- each eye, and remained same in 

 February, 1909 (set. 15 years) ; O.D/s became somewhat pale some months 

 after onset. HI, 12 died set. 3 years ; III, 14 also died in childhood. No 

 miscarriages. Ill, 8 set. 27 years. II, 9 died at 21 ; II, 10 married, no 

 issue ; II, 1 died at 40. 



Fio/72. 



Case 172 seen by Leber, 1871 ; Magers, 1898 ; Vossius,* 1899-90. 



I, 1 affected at 20, no recovery, lived to 72 ; I, 2 at 21, no recovery, 

 lived to 73 ; I, 3 normal, lived to 86. II, 3 affected in 17th year in 

 1866, and seen by v. Graefe then and by Ewers in 1869 ; married later 

 and in 1899 had two sons and two daughters (erroneously marked 

 as one of each), aged from 24 to 16 years. Ill, 2 affected at 23 (1894), 

 improved, and in 1897 could read newspaper with a magnifier; had 

 variola, whooping-cough, scarlet fever, and diphtheria in childhood, 

 with nephritis and dropsy, and later paralysis of right arm and leg, 

 and later of left leg, then good health till 16, when he had pneumonia, 

 now (1897, set. 28 years) healthy. Ill, 3 affected at 22, set. 27 in 1897 ; 

 III, 1 set. 29 years, and III, 6 set. 22 years (1897) ; III, 7 affected at 19, 

 when he was seen by Magers two years later (1898) with V. fingers 5 m. 



1896-1909. Case 173. Family of French. Messrs. Eayner D. Batten, 

 Lawford, Worth, and E. N. 



I, 1 failed in sight after a slight accident, and did not recover; I, 3 

 and 4 living, biit no record of their sight, presumably both normal. II, 

 1 a blind and idiotic daughter of I, 2; she cannot walk. II, 2 to 12, 11 

 siblings, of whom ]^ died at 5, the other ten living and aged (in 1909) 

 from 41 to 20 years. II, 3 affected at 27 (1896, Moorfields, under care of 

 E. N., seen by Mr. Batten, 1909) ; no recovery. II, 4 affected at about 

 37, attending Mr. Worth (Moorfields). II, 5 affected at about 22-23, now 

 36, and still attending Mr. Batten (Western Ophthalmic Hospital). II, 



