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II. OhferVations upon Incijtons of the Cornea, By 
Monjieur Gandolphe, DoBor of Thyfick. at 
Dunkirk. April 1709. 
j/^Ontufions upon the Bodies of Animals do not al- 
ways make the greateft Impreflion on the Parts that 
iimmediately receive them : I had an Inftance of this, 
iin a blow upoa the Eye, this prefent Month of April, 
II 709. 
There was a light Contufion on the outfide of th» 
R^art, with very little alteration to appearance 5 but a Vef- 
ifel being broken within, pour’d forth a confiderable quan* 
L'ity of Blood: The Eye alfo loft its Tranfparency, and, 
tilmoft its Sights which was icr very weak, that it could 
rcarce perceive the greateft Light when objeded to it. 
IThe Corftea appear’d all over red, but without any In- 
llammation or Blood-Veffels 5 it receiving its colour from 
rhe Blood pour’d in upon the Aqueous Humour. 
I faw the Patient the 6th day after he had received the 
■Hurt: He had been let Blood thrice 5 and the 8th day 1 
3aufed the Cornea to be open’d near the middle ; my 
kefign being to make a large Orifice, I. determined not 
CD make it at the bottom of the Cornea, The Orifice 
(eiag made, there came forth fome drops of the Aqueous 
Humour mixt with Blood. The Cornea ftill appear’d as 
E?d as beforcj and was not fo even as we could have 
r ^’fli’d. This Circumftance made me refolve to majte a 
;fCond Orifice immediately, as large as the former, but 
:)wer: There run out fome drops of the Humour; and 
:ie Eye appear’d not fo red and convex as before. The 
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