earer distance than twelve inches, he said it touched his eyes.
When moved farther off he said it did not touch them, and at
twenty-two inches it became invisible.

"On the 21st of July the operation of extracting the crystalline
lens was performed on the left eye. Light became very
distressing to his eye. After allowing the eyelids to remain
closed for a few minutes, and then opening them, the pupil
appeared clear, but he could not bear exposure to light. On my
asking him what he had seen, he said, 'Your head, which seemed
to touch my eye,' but he could not tell its shape. On the 22d
the light was less offensive. He said he saw my head, which
touched his eye. On the 23d the eye was less inflamed, and he
could bear a weak light. He said he could see several gentlemen
round him, but could not describe their figure. My face, while I
was looking at his eye, he said was round and red. From the 25th
of July to the 1st of August there was inflammation. On the 4th
of August an attempt was made to ascertain the powers of vision;
it became necessary to shade the glare of light by hanging a
white cloth before the window. The least exertion fatigued the
eye, and the cicatrix on the cornea, to which the iris had
become attached, drew it down so as considerably to diminish the
pupil. The attempt had therefore to be postponed.

"On the 16th of September the right eye was couched. The light
was so distressing to his eye that the lids were closed as soon
as it was over. The eyes were not examined with respect to their
vision till the 13th of October; the boy remained quiet in the
hospital. On this day he could discern a white, red, or yellow
color, particularly when bright and shining. The sun and other
objects did not now seem to touch his eyes as before, they
appeared to be at a short distance from him. The right eye had
the most distinct vision, but in both it was imperfect. The
distance at which he saw best was five inches. When the object
was of a bright color, and illuminated by a strong light, he
could make out that it was flat and broad; and when one corner
of a square substance was pointed out to him, he saw it, and
could find out the other, which was at the end of the same side,
but could not do this under less favorable circumstances. When
the four corners of a white card were