Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-11-17
,pon which she remarked. will know TIA,

upon which she remarked. viii know that
again.
Eighteen days after the last operation had been
performed, Mr.. Wardrop attempted 10 ascertain
by few experiments, her preche notions OF CO.
lour, size, forms, position, motions. and distances
OF external objects. As she eoeid only see with
one eye, nothing could be ascertsi4pd respecting
the question ofdoubie vision. She esidently saw
the differences of colours; that is, ehe received and
was sensible Of different Impressions from different
colours. When piesse Of paper one and haK
inch square, differently cooured, we're presented to
her, she BOT only distinguished them at once from
one another, but gave decided preference to some
colours, liking yellow most, and then pale pink.
It may be here mentioned. that, when DESTROYS OF
examining object, she had considerable difficulty
in directing her eyes to it, and finding out its po-
stion, moving her hand as well rs her eye in va
Iious directions, as person when blndfoided or
in the dark Sropes with his hands for what he
wishes TO touch. She also distinguished large
from a small object, when they were both held up
before her for comparison. She said she saw diff
ierent forms in various Elects which were shown
to her. On asking what she meant by different
forms, such rs long, round, and square, and desi-
ring her to draw with her frger on the other hand,
and then presenting to her eye the respective forms,
she pointed to them exactly: she not only distin-
guished small from large objects, but knew what
meant b5 above and below; To prove which, a
figure drawn in ink, was placed before her eye,
having one end broad and the other narrow. and
she the positions as they really were, and
not inverted She could also perceive notions:
for when glass of water was placed on the table
before her, approaching her hand near it, IL
moved quickly TO a greater distance, upon which
she Immediately said, you move IL; you take it a.
way.
She seemed to have the greatest difficulty in
finding out the distance of any object; for when
ohiec, was placed close Ia her eye, she would
search for it by stretching her hand far beyond its
position, while on other occasions she CROPPED
close to her own face for thing far removed from
her.
She learned with facility the names of the diff
ferent colours, and two days after the coiored pa
pers had been shown her, on coming into room
the colour of which was crimson, she observed
that it was red. She also observed some pictures
hanging the red wall OF the room in which she
sitting, distinguishing several figures in them,
but not knowing what they represented, and al
nirng the gilt frames. On the day she
walked round the pond in st. James square, and
was pleased with the glistening of the suns rays
on the water, well with the blue sky and
green shrubs, the colours of which she named cor
recily.
1t may be here observed, that she had yet ac-
CURED by the Of her sight but very little
knowledge of any forms, and was unable TO apply
the information gained by this new sense and to
compare it with what she had been accustomed to
acquire by her sense of touch. When, ther efore,
the experiment was made of giving her a silver
pencil case and large key to examine with her
hands, she Disseminated and knew each distinctly
but when they placed the table, side by side,
though she distinguished each with her eye, yet
she could no, tell which was the pencil case, and
which the key.
| From this period till the time of her leaving
London, March 81, 40 days after the operation,
| she had acquired pretty accurate notion Of CO.
lour-, their different shades aud names. Hsr
knowledge Of distance aud of forms very in
conn le,e, and there was considerable difficulty ia
directing the eye to an object. She, however,
| entertained the hope, that when she got home, her
knowledge OF external things would be more &C
curate and inieliigibe and that when she came to
look at those objects which had been so long ia
miliar to her touch, the confusion which the null
,iI licity OF external objects now caused would in
great measure subside
There is other case on record OF the sight be-
ing restored at such advanced age; in the &C.
lehrated instance recorded by CheselJen, 10 the
33h volume OF the transactions of the Royal So
cety, the boy, who alse born blind, receiv ell
his s. hit At the age of fourteen In that case also
the boy could distinguish, before the operation,
black, white, aud scarlet, and hen in good light,
he had that degree of sight which generally con-
tinues in an eye affected with cataract; whereas,
! in the lady whose case we have given above, the
pupil being completely closed, no light could reach
to the re,ina. except such rays as could pass
through the substance of the iris
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