Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 April 1883 — A Peculiar Case of Blindness. [ARTICLE]

A Peculiar Case of Blindness.

Ban Francisco Chronicle. The case of Christopher Lynch, who is at present confined in St Mary’s Hospital is the most peculiar ever brought to that institution for treatment Lynch was working last month in a field at his home, in Butte County, when, without apparent cause, he became in an instant totally blind. As he never experienced any foi mer trouble with hit "byes, the physicians were at a loss to account for this peculiar affliction, so Lynch was sent to Dr. McCarthy, at the hospital in this city, for treatment on February 26th, he has since remained. The doctor made a careful diagnosis of the case, and found that the blindness was caused by a sudden hemorrhage at the junction of the optic nerves where they pass from the brain to the pupil of the eye. There is only one other case of a similar nature recorded.