The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-11-13
-,me roi utaI Faiiacies Concerning the

>tnIe lOl MAI Faiiacies Concerning tho
Eyes.
By Wtllidn s. bennett, NJ u.
In a recent article in the Bdsdr, en-
| rIled Nv hen Que should take ones Child
| q all Oculist," no mention was made OF
| ~ lar the greater number of diseases
| laI require All oculist's care, while the
lt.I sp. Ike with emphasis concerning
lie nttu oi prompt and skilled attention
| III The few troubles there considered.
| iLis method was adopted with the I'M
Outstanding that common sense and pop
''aI tradition, aided by a very general
| ppiecialIun OF the TACT that the eye Was
| Z. mpullant and delicate organ, would
-,nelally lead the child Or his guardian
| :, sick special advice about as often as
UGH advice was necessary; and those
sts oul, were mentioned where com
IL Ill b. use aud popular tradition q" bab'
| Ii u, aslray, and lead the unfortunate
| stlnus errors of omission aud COM
Il, rsslon. McIe good is likely to ensue
IN, This treatment of the subject than
IN any general summary OF possible
| ni,e OF then importance.
| Tie Cast III wheel, modern science ia
III advance vi popular belief are no:
fiptd to the methods vi dealing with
,l.Lrul Patients But there is loom
"a lew remarks OH popular d.lu>lons
i l,lu,aI mlsappi, Ia, uslou OF CERTAIN.
Ui,linIs which have TO 30 With til.
ulaI auu optical aft, clluu of adult lie
| ", will b. glp with the following Cas-,
Which will certainly amuse II il docs moi
|. s,Ilcl. Maly H-was bright gml
ui ,thy tais. Hu father and mother
ARE obituary Iao"rng PEE pie, d d hau
Just got Mary stated on that road l."
\ ,.lhlng anu Influence Which is open T."
| ,.ly young person III this land vi c,in-
m,u schools, when she became vIcJl,n
Ole OF the many accidents when Com.
| IL with the seasun OF eau-bluwers, To!
psi, Is, and other dangerous toys. Tu.
| iuJulS Wrought u as such as to necessI
t /. the removal OF the eye To insure til.
p, servatlon OF sight Ill the other. TheIe
| l. uUthiDg which strikes terror to the
l., art OF til. uueducated patient So much
| IS The thought Of having au eye removed
| AID many person i'll the lower walks u
| HE would beal up foI years under ldeuu>
.iolmity aid cunsIauJ danger OF total
| OH db. ~ rather than submit 10 one Of
tue sin. pit 81 and Safest operations III all
| sulgeIy. and by having the "tfendlng
| sue safety and good looks at the sam.
| t me.
A. such a proposition the muthe~ U,
uui little patIeut maze energetic pro
t. Sis, aud for time the air Was hlleu
Anh hei br"gue. But she tinall, yI,ld d
to The y, lsuasl,e que, ce OF tine sur
geon III charge, aud agreed that lie!
daughter should be saved from lie ~
suffering aud probable blindness III thu
mauuer above suggested. The surgeon,
after having won this kind but obstinate
mother to his way OF thinking, ceased 10
ne the butcher that she at first declared
h IL, and soon became III her estimate n
tie greatest, Or certajnl, one oI II Q
create ST surgeons III the world. lie
child Was put to sleep, and with no pa n,
and much less terror than the thought
had iuspued in her mother, the operation
was performed. Alter lew weeks she
returned Tor au arlihcial eye, which WIS
cry satisfactorily htted and willingly
paid tor. Blu, just before leaving. tie
mother looked round tor a moment as il
something hat ueen forgotten; then step
ping suddenly bs hun" the child, she held
her hand tightly over the natural eve.
d aiming the II juI ed side OF the face
at d card OF letters, asked that they be
CAL. b, uame.
Tuere is no Way Of measuring the dis
gusl that overspread the heart and lace
III that mother when sh. found that til,
boz us eye ecu not Ste. The sui geou
as d again tn be il surgeon. aud tie came
II her estlmhtIuh not only d butcher. buo
p, lal and thl.t He WAS promised
Jaw suits i'll abundance, pusllstlc veu-
Seance fIum all the Guild mall relatives,
not waller from female hands il he should
rv.I be acc"mIn"d. tug enough to sland
uud, the windows "I their house, with
no ma 81 incuIvtulti CT after death. He
'e,.i coul Irrsu.d.. 'he mother mat he
n"o ,"' pI, mis.u her nt" tye that
~uu'u s.e. L, us h"p. that LIS ra,neei
desire To save one good eye TOR the child
had not led him to administer any such
dr'uslve cnmtort. THIS mistake was
very absurd, but, considering educatIunol
advantages, u" more So than that winch
is oIt,n made b! Intelligent people i'll
every walk OF hfe. These are contl"u
ally telling You Of s.,me iIi-nd vii" or
"p Iiive III poses. has had his eye. "u'
-, boil tm".d, ana alter undergoing
he necessary manipulation as they lie Oh
The che, k, "r quiie DIS often III distant
saucer or plate. the. are replaced i'll Ie-
vlsed aud improved condition. Such
nrpl. ouI al every drZru whom uE.
mt,,s Is We heard OF them again al.
ssalI.; AID hot only that, but they b,
Iieve them, v lille some " Ill give "details
relative to patient and surgeon,
>omew lat reluctantly ALLOW that tue.
might have been mistaken in the extent
Il III. d. uhle Irau>inIn tlon whlc, h."
re.bI nc, ssary III It.. case d. sclinrn
Such OF ralrus never IKE place. B
,ukli Z u,.I the alpals or surgery II
where there is just IA shaduwS substIatun
of TACT un " hlch to build this fiction ri
mixed surgery and leg.ldemalu; buI
THESE have NOTHING To do with the CASES
usually described by patients, unless per
on which the imagination Of the race has
tor $ M years tetu vigorously working.
\ we'll kno~n naluIaltz d American war
one. IA political refuge. ab NJ escap..
n board ship i.r this country. FeaIlnS
pursuit, he threw his hat aud the ships
yriudstone over the raj, and was secreted
by The captain under the cabin stairs
The crew would not have hesitatrd a mo-
meut at revealing bis whereabouts to the
Off :-is. but by the next Afternoon, when
tn >l,,u WAS .h,.ut ia, h.. rho,