Mr. Ware's Case of a young Gentleman , 
From the foregoing observations, I flatter myself I shall be 
justified in deducing the following inferences. 
First, When children are born blind, in consequence of ha- 
ving cataracts in their eyes, they are never so totally deprived 
of sight as not to be able to distinguish colours ; and, though 
they cannot see the figure of an object, nor even its colour, un- 
less it be placed within a very short distance, they nevertheless 
can tell whether, when within this distance, it be brought nearer 
to, or carried farther from them. 
Secondly, In consequence of this power, whilst in a state of 
comparative blindness, children who have their cataracts re- 
moved, are enabled, immediately on the acquisition of sight, to 
form some judgment of the distance, and even of the outline, of 
those strongly defined objects with the colour of which they 
were previously acquainted. 
Thirdly, When children have been born with cataracts, the 
crystalline humour has generally, if not always, been found 
either in a soft, or fluid state. If, therefore, it be not accom- 
panied with an opacity, either in the anterior or posterior por- 
tion of the capsule, and this capsule be largely punctured with 
the couching needle, introduced in the way in which this in- 
strument is usually employed to depress the cataract, there is 
reason to expect that the opaque matter will, sooner or later, 
be absorbed, the pupil become clear, and the sight be restored. 
Fourthly, If, in addition to the opacity of the crystalline 
humour, its capsule be also opaque, either in its anterior or pos- 
terior portion, or in both, (which circumstance cannot be ascer- 
tained before the operation,) and, in consequence of this, the 
operation above mentioned should not prove successful, it will 
