An eye case in the courts / by C.A. Robertson.

  • Robertson, Charles A. (Charles Archibald), 1829-1880
Date:
1873
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Credit: An eye case in the courts / by C.A. Robertson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    He repeated, statements made at the former trial; but he developed some curious phases of testimony, so sur- prising to be found in the utterances of a professed teacher and presumably honest man, that the report of the medical aspect of this case would be incomplete if the testimony were passed over in silence. The minutes of the court stenographer contain the following questions and remarkable answers, which are copied, verbatim. On the cross-examination : Question. When you examined plaintiff, the principal diffi- culty you thought you found was astigmatism? Answer. I thought it was ; yes. Q. Was it regular or irregular ? A. It was regular in the upper part, but the two parts were not alike. Q. Did you call the principal difficulty regular or irregular astigmatism ? A. Regular astigmatism. [sic.~\ ! ! Q. Did you upon the former trial call it regular ? A. I presume I did ; I am not able to remember so as to repeat my evidence at that time. ! ! Q. I will read from the former trial [readk] ; did you swear to that ? A. As it is upon the Recorder's minutes, probably I did; I CAXXOT REMEMBER. [sic] / / What was read by the advocate for the steamboat company, was the following from the direct testimony of Dr. Stevens, at the former trial, viz. : Q. Is there a disease well known to the profession as astig- matism ? A. Yes. Q. What is it caused by ? A. It may be natural or it may be acquired; regxdar astigma- 2