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PP-P.776.002
1 Jan 1776:22 (5/219)
It is now about two years since a person of vast erudition,
and a great divine, being fatigued with application and
labour, set about stringing and tuning a fiddle, in order to
refresh and recreate his spirits by music. In the midst of
these preparations he broke a string, which hurt his right
eye. Remedies were immediately applied, and the pain was
eased by cooling opthmalics, where it is customary to
prevent an inflammation; so that he seemed to have nothing
more to fear. But, waking in the middle of the night, he
saw all objects as if it had been day.
. . . [14 lines on recovery of his normal eyesight over
time]
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