months, he was taken in as a great Object of charity into our Hospital. Upon his admission I examined his case as particularly as I could, and judg'd (by his seeing all things double thus) that the Optic Nerves were affected, and that it was gone so far that it would probably end in a gutta serena, and accordingly it fell out not long after his being in the Hospital; which confirms me in the Opinion about Vision I formerly communicated to the R. Society. [1]
In this difficult and extraordinary case, where the Patient had been so long afflicted, and the Fits grew daily worse upon him (so that he had several in a day, which he told me made his Life so uneasy, that he did not care what was done with him) we endeavoured by all ways we could to relieve him. Accordingly we order'd the Cephalic Pills, and an Electuary (which we use in the Hospital in Epileptic Cases) which he rcceiv'd much benefit by: he was also (by intervals) bled in the Jugulars and in the Hemorrhoids and by Leeches which also gave him good relief; his head was shaved, blisters applyed to his Neck, and a Scion made sometime after, &c. we endeavouring by all manner of Revulsions to derive the humour another way, if it were possible; but it was too much fixt, and of too long standing, so that about two months after he had been under our care (and now and then not without some prospect of Relief) a Gutta Serena seiz'd on his right Eye, that he could not see at all on that side; but then the duplicity ceas'd and he saw all Objects single again as before, which is another confirmation of the fore mention'd Opinion.
In the mean time the left Eye being still in danger, we further order'd (besides the continuance of the former Electuary) a Fontanel about the meeting of the Sagittal and Lambdooid Sutures, and Cupping-glasses to his Neck and Shoulders, that nothing might be left unat-
- ↑ In Philos. Collect. No. 6 & Transact. No. 147.
