His left eye began to fail five years since, and its vision has become very imperfect. On examination with the ophthalmoscope the optic disc is seen to bo irregular in its outline and much injected. Ill-defined whitish patches are seen upon the retina about the entrance of the optic nerve. The other eye being in so unfavorable a condition, an operation was advised for tho removal of the cataract from the right eye. This was dono by puncturing the cornea with a broad needle, and introducing the

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... ánula forceps, with which tho capsular cataract was seized and most of it withdrawn, leaving the pupil clear, lie could count my fingers immediately after the operation. The patient had a very little pain on the day succeeding the operation, out there was scarcely any injection of the eye, and all went on favorably. He returned home on the 16th August, at which time he could see large objects and tell tho time by a watch with a glass of 4J inches radius, though he could not yet read ordinary print, in consequence of an attack of conjunctivitis in both eyes from exposure to cold ; making it necessary to defer the choice of reading glasses.