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May 17, 1919, Vol 72, No. 20 >
ARTICLE | May 17, 1919

AN OLD TIME VICTIM OF AMETROPIA AND A MODERN INSTANCE

E. J. GARDINER, A.B., M.D.
JAMA. 1919;72(20):1439-1441. doi:10.1001/jama.1919.02610200011004.
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There are numerous references in general literature to instances in which eye affections have hampered distinguished persons in the performance of their labors. Most of these references are to be found in biographies, but, so far as I know, there are few instances of the person afflicted having written an account of his symptoms that would enable an oculist to make a diagnosis, and to prescribe with a reasonable degree of accuracy the remedy that would have restored the patient's eyes to usefulness.

The most interesting case of this kind is in Samuel Pepys' famous Diary. It is generally known that this unique document came to a premature end when its author was but 36 years old, and that the cause that forced him to give up this work was that his eyes gave out completely for close work. But it is known only to attentive readers of the Diary

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