SIGHT RECOVERED AFTER SIXTY YEARS.
An old negro woman in Pennsylvania, who was born blind, has recently received her sight by the removal of the cataract. When the bandage was first removed, the patient started violent!} 7 , and cried out as if with fear, and for a moment was quite nervous from the effects of the shock. For the first time in her life she looked upon the earth. The first thing she noticed was a little flock of sparrows. In relating her experience to a reporter, she said that she thought they were teacups, although, strange to say, a few minutes afterwards she readily distinguished a watch which was shown her. It is supposed that this recognition was owing to the fact that she heard its ticking. The blaze from a lamp excited the most lively surprise in her mind. She had no idea what it was, and when it was brought near her, wanted to pick it up. When night approached upon the day when she first used her eyes she was in a fright, fearing that she was losing the sight which she had so wonderfully found after sixty years of darkness.
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Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1068, 3 August 1883, Page 2
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195SIGHT RECOVERED AFTER SIXTY YEARS. Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1068, 3 August 1883, Page 2
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