The sun., 1897-09-12
ABLIND.MAN MADE TO SEE.
CURED, n BIVANd PHYSICIAN SA rs,
III MEANS OF THE Arrays.

Dr. Astudillo's Account or Experiments on =
Man who Had Bren Unable to Sec for
Twelve YEAR and Had Consulted tho Best
ocuists-A Gradual Recovery or sight.
William II. Meadowcroft of the General Elec-
trio Company has received a letter from DIR.
Francisco dc II. Astudillo Of Havana, describing
case of blindness cured by tho N.rays.. In
transmitting copy OF tho letter to THE SUN
Mr.. McadowCroft says:
Personally do n know Dr. Astudillo, ex-
ccpt as II customer. have met him personally.
and he impressed me as a gentleman OF scien.
tile attainmCnts and ono whose word should
feel quite willing to rely upon" '-".
In his letter Dr. Astudio says:
II have to-day the pleasure of writing 10 i'm
form you of the marvellous results that have
obtained with the N.rays. had many times en-
countcrcd in cafG young blind man seeking
aims md ono day asked him tho cause of his
infrmity. lie told me that no had been COM
plctely blind and had not tho light for
twelve years; that many times before he had
become blind ho had experienced pain in his
eyes whoncvcr hc turned his CO toward the
sun. Twelve years ago he went one night to the
Theatre Royal of Madrid, and during the even
ing. while in the act of lighting cigar, felt n
strong pain in his eyes, and found that no could
not sec.
"He called on IN oculst, who examined his
which gave NJ result whatever. After visiting
various noted oculists in Madrid and Barcelona
without better results, he resolved to go to
Paris, where he was attended by those eminent
in diseases OF the eyes. who said that no had n
falling of the rctina Of the eyes and that his in
trinity WAS incurablc. lie added that he had
been obliged to imploro public charity so that
he could live.
Il invited him TO my house to try II the Y.
m tic in Nhi
II the nerves were good, he could objects with
tho microscope, and If he could not should con.
slider that his infrmitS was incurablc He ac-
coded to my request. On Aug. -. instant ho
came in the evening and placed him before the
focus tube. ! gave him the microscope and
onco the current was in activity he gave a
scream, because he had seen the light. Then
placed cfore the screen my hand and he saw IL
clearly. as also a ring which had finger.
placed pair of scissors in the centre OF book
OF 800 PM ges. and he saw them perfectly.
Then took away the microscope and di-
rectcd the rays of the tube directly at the eyes
without any screen. He saw n shoe that put
across the rays, straw hat. rosary and vari-
| Gus Other Objects. Lastly, not TO tire him too
much, suspended the sitting. repeated 1t on
| the following day before Drs. Cisnero5 and Dell
| gado. The young man told me that in he morn
ing he had seen he light of day. but that after
| darkness.
After naki.g him sec by transparency dis
could distinguish the colors and forms of the OBJ
| Jects with the reflected rays although I knew
thai these Mays did not r fleet nor refraet.
With this object | focused the tube to the
table with an IN lination OF forty.dve degrees
at distance OF fifteen centimetres, and placed
formed with that part of Tie / bic on which the
rays Of the tube would fall another angle Of
forty.tive degrees, and at the same distance Of
fifteen cent? .etrcs. At the vert,x of the angle,
the 'Gee PTyed on which had
| 1t is impossible to describe the effect upon
| the poor blind man when he the word di-
lie gaN2 heartrendng cry and said TO me,
Doctor. this is God that tells me to hope. Yes,
will hope in Him and trust to science. Immedi.
| ately put in range of his vision diary and
| wrote he words Havana 'Avisos the Iris
&c. There could be no doubt; the rays had
| those eyes which for twelve years could not see
| the brightness OF the sun.
distinctly ali the coiors, anu iinaiiyr rI ne saw
clearly the features of u young child Of mine in
Il suspended the sitting until the day follow
ing. en- TO my great surprise he told me that
he could not see in the shaae. I subjected him
anew 10 the rays. first direct and then reflected.
| found that he could read with the greatest
The following day he could distinguish black
and white in the daylight, and after three min.
gave cry TO tell me that he could see a tube of
crystal and tho support, which was small rod
and count the flashes OF the incandescent lamps
that we're in my study
Immediately pushed into his ray Of vision
shade. and he described the color OF the shade
| and read in book clearly. AT this moment
! noted that he could only see with the right eye.
| so submitted to the action OF the S-rays the
| left eye. and then by the natural light the OBJ
The best oculists of this country had ex.
| OF the left eye WAS completely separated and
| that OF the right almost separated.