SCOTTISH MINER GIVES SIGHT TO THE BLIND.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3173, 26 April 1909, Page 3

SCOTTISH MINER GIVES SIGHT TO THE BLIND.

People whose eyes have been totally sightless for almost a decade have travelled hundreds of miles in the belief that William Millar, the collier eye specialist, of Larkhall, near Hamilton, in Scotland, can restore to them their vision, and they have not been disappointed, says a Glasgow paper. One wealthy gentleman from Yorkshire, totally blind, made the long journey in the hope that Millar, amongst the store of specifics that he claims to possess, might have some thing which would alleviate the nerve-disturbing and excruciating pain in his head, <*nd bring back his lost vision. Drops from the miner's chemical liquids were regularly applied to ' his eyes, improving the sight, and relieving the pain. The eye doctor is stated to be accomplishing remarkable work, and one day he treated 200 i patients. The excitement was intense amongst the sufferers when patients who, being blind, had to be led into the house, were able to walk briskly out and without aid. , There have been treated-—and it is claimed successfully—patients Irom London, Manchester, Birmingham, and Leeds; and to the English pilgrims the case of a Scottish iady has afforded great interest and curiosity. It is ststedthat when she went to Millar recently, 'she was unable to distinguish rJght from day, and pow she is able to pass a series of colour tests, and to brush her shoes with celerity and thoroughness. Millar has decided to tour England in a month's time, beginning in the city of Manchester.