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to pafs to the Retina, upon which Account Hie is fhort- 
fighted. Her feeing Objetts darkened on one Side, 
may proceed from the artificial Part of the ‘Pupil 
being fituate nigher to the great Canthus of the Eye 
than ufual in Nature ; by which the Rays which 
fail on the Side of the Cornea next to the little Can- 
thus of the Eye, being partly intercepted, muft oc- 
cafion a Defedt in the Pidture ; from which Defedt 
a Darknefs will be feen on one Side of the Objcdt. 
To the Weaknefsof the Veffels of the Eye we may 
attribute the Pain of the Eye upon catching Cold : It 
oft-times happens to thofe who have had a fevere 
Ophthalmia^ that, during Life, the fmall Veffels are 
too \yeak ; and hence, from flight Caufes being at- 
tended, they will be painful, and frequently red. 
This Cafe is known to feveral in this Place, par- 
ticularly to Mr. Blencowe , an ingenious Surgeon 
and Apothecary. 
Some Remarks occur from this Cafe 5 viz. 
1. Her Cure would have been performed fooner, if 
her Circumftances had allowed of her obferving 
an exadt Regimen. 
2. When her Eye had little or no Appearance of 
Inflammation, I tried cold Water, but with rather 
bad Succefs. All cold Applications to inflamed 
Eyes, Aftr ingents or Repellents, require the utmofl 
Caution in applying them 5 for if they produce 
not a good, they will produce a bad EfFedh In 
flight Cafes they oft have very happy Effedls, but 
where the obftruent Matter is fo fixt that it will 
not fuffer itfelf to be eafily repell’d back, the, 
Veffels being ftraitened, the Fluids coagulated 
the 
