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Miss Gordon, aged years, of a slender and delicate Habit of Body, had
these 6 years past been affected with scorbutic Eruptions on her Face
and Arms, chiefly in the Spring: -- these Eruptions were very distressing
the first year they made their appearance, being then, and only at that time,
attended with inflammation in her Eyes, but by the successful Use of Pitkethly-
Water that Season, they have since returned only in a mild degree. ---

In the beginning of last Spring, instead of the above-mentioned Eruption,
she complained of a Soreness and tenderness of her Eyes, which toward night be¬
came hot and painfull tho' never blood-shot, and her Eye-lids stuck so closely in the
morning, that they were loosed with some difficulty: -- in this way they continued 'till
April, when she was alarmed with a very sudden Decay of Sight in both Eyes; - it's
progress was so rapid, that & from enjoying a very good state of Sight she was so
much deprived of it in the space of three Weeks that she could not read the
largest Type, nor distinguish people's Faces at the opposite side of a Room: - in
this condition her Sight still remains, but the outward Soreness is abated. ---

From the first commencement of the Disorder of her Eyes, before her Sight began
to fail, she has been affected with an uncommon Sense of Weight in her Head, or a
Cloudiness, Confusion or Stupor of the Brain. --- She thinks this disagreeable Sen¬
sation considerably relieved by the daily Use of Pil. Fœtid. -- and perhaps by a
Seton in her Neck, introduced about the end of June: -- this Seton discharges plen¬
ifully, but has conduced nothing to the recovery of her Sight which was the purpose
chiefly intended. ---

Her Eyes have no morbid appearance: -- the Pupil contracts or dilates naturaly,
when exposed to Light or Shade: -- no hardening or Opacity of the Crystalline Humour
is perceptible: -- and on rubbing the Eye when stuck, she perceives the appearance of
Sparks or glancing of Fire. --- Perhaps it may deserve notice that her Father lost
a great share of his Sight, in a yet more sudden manner several years ago, without
any objectionable change in the outward appearance of his Eyes. --

Miss Gordon's general state of Health is very poor. -- Her Stomach is extreme¬
ly weak: -- her Bowels subject to Flatulency: -- her Skin rather Cold and imperssi¬
rable: --- the flux of the Menses leaves but an interval of a few Days, and is there suc¬
ceeded by the Fluor Albus, so copious has this Evacuation been more than a

She takes in the Morning and Forenoon with some advantage a small Glass of
red Port-Wine, in which is Pulv. Cort. Peru., Valerian. Sulv. Rhæ. Nuc. Mosch. & [Zinzib.?]
This she drinks turbid, with Elix. Vitriol. Gtt.XXV. in each Dose of it, -- but complain¬
ing lately that the Wine is too strong for her Head, an equal quantity of Water is
now added, yet still she weary of it. -- A Plaisters of E. Defensiv, & Colid. equal
parts is found to be of some service to her Back. ----

The tediousness of the above Narrative requires an Apology, but it was
thought best to mention every circumstance which seemed to throw any Light on
the Case. ----

Case
of Miss Gordon
at Kenneth-Mont