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Excerpt from The Ophthalmic Record, Vol. 7: October, 1898 It is evident that such cases must necessarily be classed with those of excessive myopia, owing to their inseparable resemblance, and for the latter as well as the former ones, surgery alone affords relief. It is equally certain that in these exceptional ones the results of surgical treatment will be more favorable. It would appear, however, that in this country there exists a marked scarcity of number, so far as these cases of excessive myopia are con cerned, and which must occasionally include just such cases as the present one, for which surgical interference, having for its purpose the removal of the lens, is indicated. This method has, as we know, been practiced on such a large and successful scale in Europe. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.