Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1910-08-11
HER BEAUTY IS RESTORED
English Woman 90 Wsa"s si2ist "as
Rsturnsd ey <eiFs, Was SsaF9r'sss
az Slgs ara csiqr a. s'sa rsssfsss
Fass

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! ssG eye sasuiAlisGs II gass verdi vas
/ successfully sqmgte0st TO- 4 afsskSs&
cllnic before glz sea50r class VI me
Z Madicu-C nirurg,caE e9iAsSs sS IN. /.
R Webster E'qa. wlq 9csu9les the char
Of 2pfhalmQiGgy In the college,.
BY ras Use Qf SAX needles Eas3s&2
laA, and a vegetable i've Es@ aeeS@r
succeeded Ia paEtQoias TIE gscssc;
semDiancs ri aa sss GA q p2aGx glcGs
blind sgshalL wnieh vas covered ~
al ugly Nhius aiemisA EaS sSEs GE =
fiws-eeal piece.
The girl ASKED pr Fgx - ps&s
glass eve IN PLACE Of EAs diseased It's
sues, which made her EaeS rs2&&sETs
10 loos AZ rhs DOCTOR uQ9a sxaEI7&-
ttuu. fQund Chac s1e growth ever the
eurnsr Was 81 strung taaE the ee1tcSts
operation gnat game ca ha& zAEE2 eos2lG
bs performed win a chance o. sgs~
cess.
CDgaiaa was inserted to DESTROY
whichever sensIAil1Ey remained. Agg no
aalesthstie was administered TO the
patlent.. who did not appear TO su@ev
any pain while sAs operation Was go
ing On.
fas students saw the SkiIlfRl hand
az ths doeEGr guiding the tSrrOosng
needles produce the samhIance Of al
ere with the skin and patience OF a
I trained artist On surface that had
aszs2 blank Waite
India ink was used for tbs pupil
I Fer the iris a vegetable dye which
had been carefully experimental with
{ Was employed, and the brown color
of TIE other and healthy iris in the
( girls other eye was duplicated
As Dr. Fox dropped his last needle
/ and turned 20 his class he was greeted
with enthusiastic applause of the
I students
The operation. DR.. Fox told his
class. can never become . common
/ one. as it is seldom that the eyeban
I Of blind person is in condition to
/ permit tattooing
Blind from birth and now So, Miss
| Annie Hubbard Of Maidstone, England.
has just obtained her sight Hers is
a remarkable case. Born in 1878. Miss
1 Hubbard was first taken to the Maid
stone hospital AZ the age of three
/ months and discharged as hopeless"
/ At Az she was taken to London and
operated upon several times, but I'M
/ successfully
Sightless. she returned home and
remained there about FIVE years, finaI-
ly leaving again to enter st. Georges
l Blind school, Southwark.
In 1901 Miss Hubbard returned
home again until three weeks ago,
when, acting on the advice of her
parents. she visited the Royal Kent
/ Ophthalmic hospitals a last resort.
Here woman who had entered the
hospital seeing nothing descended the
hospital steps with all the wonders Of
men and things suddenly unfolded to
her sight
Il live in a dream" said Miss Hub
bard. and my only fear is that
shall awake some morning and find
that / cannot really see, after all. for
my luck seems much too good to last,
How do / see things? Well, they are
very much as / had imagined them.
only much larger and of a lighter
color The first thing | saw In INV
life | saw when the bandage vas re-
moved from my eye and beheId NV
nurses face.
i was surprised The face seemed
so large and pale. had always inn.
agined faces were much smaller and
that human flesh was always deem In
In color. But when / left the hospital
ward and, for the first time, walked
unassisted down fight of stairs and
so out into the street, l realized that
] was wrong, for all the people
seemed very large. and appeared to
have very pale faces and hands.
i cannot find words to describe
my first impressions OF shop windows
and street crowds"