48, Russell Square, Feb. 1st, 1843.

[CONTENTS.]

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[Introduction]1
[Action of Hydrocyanic Acid upon the Eye]3
[Action of Chlorocyanic Acid upon the Eye]7
[Remarks on the Action of Carbon, &c.]15
[Cases of Opacities of the Cornea, &c.]18
[Cases of Staphyloma]27
[Case of Inverted Eye-lashes, with Opacity of the Cornea]33
[Case of Conical Eye]35
[Cases of Cataract]37
[Cases of Amaurosis]41
[W. H. Newnham, Esq.'s letter]47
[Professor Forbes's letter]48
[Case of Staphyloma, treated by J. C. Atkinson, Esq.]51
[Dr. Maclean's cases]53
[Case of Diseased Cornea, treated by G. K. H. Paterson,Esq.]61
[CHAPTER II].
[Action of Essential Oils], &c.67
[Formulæ]ib.
[Amaurosis]75
[A. Cruikshanks, Esq.'s letters]83
[Dr. Kent's letter]86

[INTRODUCTION.]

In submitting to the public the following interesting cases illustrative of the effects of my mode of treating diseases of the eye, I have prefixed to them the original communications transmitted by me to the Lancet and the Medical Gazette. My reason for so doing is this—I wish it to be seen by actual comparison, that in every instance the confidence I have expressed in the efficacy of these medicines has not been overrated; on the contrary, it will be seen that I have said less than the facts really warrant.

It will also be found, that the cases which have come under my treatment are, without exception, such as have been regarded either as hopeless, or at least such as have previously enjoyed, without sensible benefit, all the advantages of our best Ophthalmic Institutions. It cannot therefore be contended, that the ordinary treatment would have proved equally efficacious if it had been previously tried.