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specks or clouds, I was rather inclined to 

 say the child had a gut t a serena, but was 

 soon convinced that this could not be the 

 case, as she evidently enjoyed being in the 

 light near the window. But at the same 

 time I remarked curious convulsive motions 

 in the eyes, and that when the child was 

 spoken to, and tried to look towards the 

 speaker, they were turned upside down, so 

 that only the white part became visible. 

 She was born in this state. I inquired of 

 the' mother whether, M'hen she was with 

 ,child, she had seen any body turn their 

 eyes in this manner. She replied that she 

 was then in constant attendance on her 

 mother, or mother-in-law, who was sup- 

 posed to be dying, but afterwards recover- 

 ed, and whose eyes were affected with 

 similar convulsions. Mine illcc lachnimce ; 

 this was the cause of the infant's misfortune. 

 I believe it was not originally blind, but 

 that the focus was situated too much on 

 one side of the eye-ball, so that vision was 



