Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1840-09-03

8. Having candles held under their noses,
so that the flames arise up in their nosti!s.
In The Princess Ann, (Somerest, Md
Herald Of Tuesday, we find the following
statement in reference to singular and
extraordinary case Of formation of a new
eye ball:
4 Great Phenomenon.-Our readers will
remember, that during this summer, lhe
the strange renewal Of The eye, Of our fel-
low citizens. Captain George Davey, has
been subject of discussion in the newspa-
pers. The statements which have been
made, are moi in all particulars true. He
has been appealed to, and gives the follow
ing statement, to be found in the letter Of
Mr.. Hardy. Capt. Davey is one OF our
most respectable citizens, and the state
ment he has furnished, ofthis extraordina-
ry phenomenon, may be implicitly relied
on.
Dear Sir-You may have noticed inva
rIous papers, statements in relalic I TO the
new eye las he calls il) of our worthy citi-
zeu, Capt. George Davey. Capt. Davey
has seen some of the statements and pro-
nounces them TO be inaccurate. He has
given me the State of the case which |
send you, This day, and express wish TO
have il published that any errors in fact.
may be corrected; aud that the exceeding
singularIty of the case may be made
known. The case may give rise TO val
liable investigations of this delicate organ
of the human system. Dmhlless many
will he the speculations pertaining To it.
Ills necessary to say here that Capt. Da-
veyis highly respectable. worthy aud in
telligent man.
Statement.--"Tn the year of 1779-
about The last of March. when was about
ten years and nine months old-an inna-
nation fell upon he eye ball of my right
eye and continued in high degree for about
six weeks, giving exceeding great pain
during the whole time. Ai,he expiration Of
SIX weeks, suppera'ion took place, and
discharge of corrupt puss. About the end
OF another six weeks, when the eye ball
was completely gone, and the socket
sunker. my father discovered a new eye
resembling bead or birds eye.
SlTIlUP IS u '~~J "ppNN'f Wv
was real: and the miniature eye grew un-
Ill about the middle Of July when it at.
rained lis perfert size and the vision was
as clear and distincr az ever it had beeu-
and so continued for eighteen months. Al
this time however was taken with Sc
cond inflammation in bolh eyes. occasioncd
by bahing before had entirely recovered
from The small pox. This produced
thick strong film over the new eye OBJ
s'rucing my vision in for about So years.
For the last seven or eight years The film
spoken of has appeared to decrease until
can now Distinguish different shades i'm
perfectly. can even now see lolerably
well through Telescope or Microscrope;
but it is remarkable that no spectacles oul
of the great numbers have tried, have
ever afforded me any assistance. USE
occasonally y thick convex glass, but with
little aid. lam now about seventy two
years Of age"
This is, almost verbatim, The very Ian
suase of Capt. Davey, and is sent 10 You
for publication for tho reasons assigned
above. Capt. Davey informs me that
many medical Gentlemen have seen his
eye, amongst others Professor Granville
S. PaIlisnn. Respectfully yours,
August 5, 1910. LEVIN HARDY.