OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

Southland Times, Issue 3568, 27 November 1879, Page 3

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

BundnesSTwsd Deafness. By the kind invitation of ..Professor Wallenburg andDr Grant, the editor of this journal, iv company with the,.editor of the Saturday Advertiser, visited their consulting rooms,-, at the Criterion Hotel, yesterday morning. The first case shown was that,, of a Miss White, age 11 years, the daughter of a settler at Oamaru, - wbo . has, ; been totally blind, for years. This young lady has been under the treatment of these clever,, oculists for three days, and, wonderful to say, her eyesight has been perfectly restored. The father of the" o-irl assurred us' that he had placed her under the - care of f several . medical men,.who;haa failed to do her any good, "despite the money he lavished.upon her. The next was the, case of a Miss Hughes, a Dunedin resident, who stated that she had been .deaf ,for a period of over three years. to say, she has only been-„undei\ treatment for eight days, and her hearing" has been fully restored. This fortunate gu;l is nearly in ecstacies over her good fortune. " The next subject under treatment was ■ a laborer, named, Patrick Francis, woiking at Logan's Point, who informed us that latterly he was struck, in the right eye with' a* stone, by which" he "lo|t his sight, and of, late his left eye .has been materially affected by the" blind one; but, thanks,.to *«.th£ skiU of Professor Wallenburg, he has "now "recovered ~ the sight of his.ftwo eyes, Y and^ is able to discern the smallest prinfcl ' ' Herman Shultz, bf Hyde, was the last patient introduced. He stated that he had "been totaUy deaf for years, and that he had only been under treatment for a few days, and how he could hear plainly. These gentlemen- have,,numerous other cases I under treatment.' The cases that we'have ] instanced should be sufficient to remove any I doubt from the most sceptical. All ihe i patients that are now under .treatment ( have been tampered with by 'the medical profession ' with no satisfactory^ result,., and, this in the major portion of cases" causes more aggfava- i tion, and makes effectual cure, more difficult.' ' The above cases clearly illustrate that'Drj] Grant and JPrpfessor Wallenburg are, without ' doubt, what they" profess to be, Oculists, \ Aurists, and Specialists.. We would strongjy : recommend those "who* "are either afflicted] with blindness or to consult these* gentlemen at once, "as their stay' here' -is | limited.— EvenikgTeibune, September 24th, 1879. ' ' "fV ' The Evening Tribune, of October JlB, ,says— ] Professor Wallehburg" and^Dr ' Gr ant' have j again effected some more marvellous cures ' in blindness/ The edivbr of this journal, ac- 1 companied ,by Mr J. J. Connor, visited the oculists' consulting-rooms 'at the Criterion \ Hotel this morning. The first person 'the' editor conversed with - was Daniel Mahoney, | a laborer,- -residing at Logan's Point, statdi that he -had Jbeen blind for' some thrbugh a ' severe cold he" t had contracted. Hehad been under private r •treatment for a week, but'he' got'worse in-' -stead-ofHbetter. - -He -was- brought -to -Professor : WaUenburg 4 on . the 11th inst., and, "since then .'he has" been under' this clever oculist's 'treatment^ with the resnlt that he'is now recovering the* sight of both eyes. John , Chalmers, a brickmaker, residing at Pdichet Bay," stated that he had been bb'nd of the right eye for over nine weeks, and the left one r was commencing to become .affected by the right one. He_ was under treatment at the Hospital, but without any beneficial result. He has been under Professor Wallenborg's treatment three weeks, t and he can now discern the smallest object with both eyes. Patrick Connor, a miner, residing at HindonJ was the next patient consulted. He had been totally bUnd of the right eye for three months, and bad been in the Hospital under treatment,- which, he states, tended to make the right eye worse, t and- to injure the left one. He'went under Professor Wallenburg'^ treatment on the 9th October, and now he is ' perfectly enred, and intends starting to follow his calling onjMonday.next. The cases that -are instanced above are ones in which the -patients "went to the oculists entirely destitute of - funds, and were treated" but of simple humanity and charity ; consequently, Professor Wallenburg and Dr Grant are deserving'of the thanks of the community fbr the kindness and' charity displayed in these cases. — Tuapeka. -Times, November 16th, 1879. ' " "