CASE 2.
Opacity of the Cornea from Inflammation.
Ann Fitzgibbons, aged 13, daughter of Thos. Fitzgibbons, 11, Stratton Mews, is a day scholar at the Blind School, Queen Square.
Her father states that in infancy she lost the left eye, owing to an attack of inflammation. The right eye four years since became similarly affected. She has been a patient at two Ophthalmic Institutions, where she attended for several months without any benefit. She was brought to me by her father on the 1st of October, 1842, who stated that for the last four years she had been obliged to be led, and could only discern the shadow and outline of objects, but could not distinguish them.
On examining the left eye, I found it shut, and all the humours lost. The right eye was much diminished in size, and the cornea was very opaque, excepting at the upper part, where a small portion of light was admitted. The bottle containing the acid was held to the left eye as well as to the right, to ascertain what effect would be produced. To my surprise, in the period of a month the chambers of the eye became partially filled with aqueous humours, to the extent of at least half the size of a healthy eye; the pupil was small, but the patient could not see in the slightest degree. The right eye has become almost transparent, and she can now see with it sufficiently well to be able to go anywhere. Indeed, her sight has become almost perfect. The change is so great that many are disposed to question the identity of the girl, and the father is frequently asked whether the girl is really his own daughter, whose eyes were so disorganized.
CASE 3.
Inflammation, ending in Opacity of the Cornea in the right eye and Staphyloma in the left.