The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1849-05-23

/
fore, should sometimes address you without
lacking ON "your ercellency," you must not es.
TEEN it a mark ofpcrsonal OF official dsrespec,,
but the reverse"
RESTORATION OF SIGnr. The Boston
Traveller gives some interesting accounts Of
experiments made by Professor Bronson, in re.
moving ilnperfeclions of sight, produced by age,
or mal(ormation. According to the Traveller,
old people have been enabled TO lay aside their
specticlcs, and people Of all ages, who suffered
from short sight, have been entirely cured
The traveller says that Professor Bronson is the
author of these discoveries, and that his practice
consists entirely in manipulation. Professor
Bronson is well known in this and other cities
as lecturer uron elocution, and has opened an
office in New York, for medical practice upon
the eye, in which We wish him success.
But while giving credit to Professor Bron-
son for his efforts in doing good, and while ad.
mitting that his method of treating the eye is
original with HIMSELF we do not admit that he
was the first dscovcrer. The very treatment
ascribed TO him for restoring decayed sight,
was discovered long ago by John Quincy Ad.
ans, and successfully practiced on himself
This is not the only case in which scientific
men have made the same discovery, without
any communication with each other. DR..
Franklin in Philadelphia, and Dr.. Ingenhousc
in ST. Petersburg, without any knowledge Of
each other, made simultaneous discoveries in
electricity. Therefore we do not wonder at
Professor Bronson's discovery concerning the
eyes, without any hint from Mr.. Adams who
had made the same discovery. Mr.. Adams did
no. communicate his discovery 10 the world,
but mentioned it incidentally, and as OF no great
importance, to two or three in the course Of bis
life. We certainly wonder at him and them,
for not perceiving its general utility. Mr..
Adams never wore spectacle, his sight enduring
to the last. Yet those who remember him in
private conversation, may remember his habits,
while listening ofmanipulating his eyes with
his fingers. by passing them gently over the sur.
face, from the external to the internal angle.
"The decay ofsight that is remedied by con-
rer spectacles, is caused by the gradual absorp-
ton OF the humors, or relaxation of the coats,
rending the transparent conea less convex
The manipulation or gentle pressure perhaps,
by stimulating the coats, and thereby cousing
them to contract, restores the original perfec.
ton of sight. In rubbing or wiping the eyes,
we naturally pass the hand or towel over the
convex surface, from the internal to the exter.
nal angls This diminishes the convexity, and
thus promotes the decay of sight, and therefore
should be carefully avoided.-The pressure,
whether in wiping or manipulating, should pro.
coed, in eyes originally perfec, from The c1ter.
nal angle. Shor7 wight remeded by concare
glasses, is caused by undue conuerity of the ex-
ternal corneo, whether congenital or caused hy
diseases. In this case, all wiping, rubbing, or
manipulation should proceed from the internal
to the external angle, the reverse Of the motion
necessary In the case first mentioned. In mani.
Pulation, care must be taken against pressure
too hard, or continued too long,, which may
develop inflammation.
"The same female friend mentioned above
has heen troubled for years with spontaneous
weeping of one OF her eyes, which she has en-.
|irely cured by rebbng and wiping her eyes,
when she washed, inwardly. She also now
reads fine print, whereas before she was unable
o do so. This subject will of course. com.
nand itself to the practical trial ofal who may
De suffering from imperfect sight or weak eyes,"
4 SUCKERS VISIT TO THE THEATRE.
The following "good thing" we find in the
2evelle:
"Well, I've ben thar, Jim," said a Sucker to
lis crony.
"Whar, down TO St. Louis 7" inquired Jim.
swell, no whar else," was the answer, sand
We seed some of the durndcst things you've
yer hcered on in the hull animal creation"
"What wur they like 2" inquired Jim.
"Oh, all sorts of doins mixed up sorter every
'ay; but the thing that just tuck me straight
'ere secin' flying acoman! Artcr the flat
oat wur hitched, sot to looLin' round, and
ooy soon seed on big hoss bills, stuck agin
ouscs, that feller named Dan Soos war going
cut up some of the tallest kind Of shindes.
war natrally bound 10 find out what it war
ke, so axed feller rcadin' it; and he
ughed-he said it war only the thea ter.
ays |, that's a show, aint il? and said he, it
r, but it ant no circus show nuther, but all
'rts Of a handsome show, held in place as
g as our country. seat courthouse. / Jest
ade up my mind I'D 60 ten cents straight. |
und out whar they kept it, and up goes, but
ar they told me the lowest notch was cool
'arter; that staggered me- but ginfit. Root
die when you're in for it, scs !, so up goes
C alfircdest lot of stairs. | thought arter a
ell I'd come out somcwhar neer the moon;
It by travelling a spell | got up whar a lot of
ks war. 1t looked 10 me like mcclin' house
th three galleries and; lit up like all oW Of
ors in daylight. A lot of fellers fddled
ray spell by themselves, but cuss me if [
uld see whar that fcller Dan Soos war, and
1t as wur gon' to AK a chap whar the show
,r, up rolled the hull side of the house, right
,rc me, and out slid gal on her ,iptocs,
lirlin' about like as if she couldn't keep
wn on tho yearth The way she handled her
IS Jest sot me rca arin'-it beat Mary Sellers
holler, and she aint slow. asked Teller
xt me who she wur, and III swar if he didn't
y it wur Dan Soos! which, instead of bein'a
ms name wur French for dancin' woman.
l,, y fret l,,,t q cn.,ll snod Tho