GUTTA 
fn'fuch a 
vifion > but he 
fame- 
tiptoe se 
invexceeding y 
ly different ways. Rieke ter chink, it mae ee 
that this variet = om eeg ont the beginning of the difeafe, a 
pi eel upon fome difference in the caufe of the complaint, 
indicates - an, propriety of bavi variety in the plan of 
treatment. Sometimes the patient lofes his fight quite fud- 
denly ; ~athe, in other inftances, the power of feeing dimi- 
perm ‘fo flowly, that months and ‘even —— elapfe before 
a the ae de 
in’ prewté? 
rhe is always 
His fi 
ore Merrie: ma fter: the eicteriiall tife-oF tonic vende Se 
dies, fuch as hartfhorn, cold water, &c. Richter informs 
us-of a erfon who was nearly quite blind, but was always 
able to fee ‘Very well for the {pace of an hour, after drinking 
npaigne wine. He alfo mentions a woman who had 
y loft her fight, who ‘was in 1 the “habit of having it 
again for halfan hour, w walked a quick 
wn : 
ints us with the cafe of a lady who had been blind for 
years, but expe ee ee 
‘ing a tooth e 
imes, as Richter ete | the a 
SERENAL. 
tients, before the difeafe, are’ ene affiéted with ca- 
tarths, which ceafe as foon as ‘the rutta ferena is formed. 
Richter flates that the nofe then caine unufually free from: 
moifture. Some patients of this kind have been known to 
regain their fight for a fhort time, ona copious difcharge of 
mucus {pontancoufly Sant place from the nofe. Payin, 
Aig 5 2 attention to thefe various ic dikitenads during the 
Ps of the aan fays Richter, will often be of great 
ance to the practitioner in aes rained of treat-- 
enibs when all other indications are a’ 
The difeafe eat makes its ‘nttack upon both eyes 
at once, and even in tho 
organ 
named sat din la. 
is feted 
n the ad 
before the retina an im- 
tibet bl: k aoe It is to this particular inftance that 
fome a ks: apply the term /cotomia. © patients,. 
who are wholly bli etimes have a {mall of 
, fom 
retina, which is {till fufceptible of the im veflion of | light,. 
and is ufually fituated towar« de oF | See 
Hey in a : 
Richter notices le none man, ; 
entirely bereft of vifion, ve as fenGble part was redial: 
obliquely vc the nofe, and fo fi 
outly 
Hence the erality of patients who ; hase a be 
ato s, can always fee 
perfect ama 
fide better ac thofe which are im 
rin im-- 
ered which ng one 
before them. 
The erena is fometimes. ‘isdicta teint dift 4 
now making its appearance, and now fubliding again, re- 
peatedly. In cer examp : er . 
diforder prevails at i ps a 
particular times, 
certain hour, fometimes from one d day 
fionally, 4 ata time eve 
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