BLINDNESS AND DEAFNESS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume VII, Issue 336, 26 September 1879, Page 15

BLINDNESS AND DEAFNESS.

By the kind invitation of Professor Wallenberg and Dr. Grant, the editor of this journal, in company with the editor of the Saturday Advertiser, visited their consulting rooms, at the Criterion Hotel yesterday (Tuesday) morning. The first case shown was tbat of a -Miss White, age eleven years, the daughter of a settler at Oamaru, who has been totally blind for years. This young lady has been under the treatment of these clever oculists for three days, and. wondeiful to say, her eyesight has has been perfectly restored. The' latber of the girl assured us that he had placed her under the care of several medical men, who had failed to do her any good, despite the money that 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. Strange to say, she has only been under treatment for eight days, and her hearing has been fully restored. I his fortunate girl is nearly in ecstacies over her good fortune. The next subject under treatment was a labouier named Patrick Francis, working at Logan's Point, who informed us that latterly he was struck in the right eye with a stone, by which ho lost his sight, and or J;ite his left eye has been materially affected by the blind one ; but thanks to the skill of Professor Wallenberg, he has now rccoveicd the sight of his two eyes, and is able to discern the smallest print. Herman Shnlfz, of Hyde, was the last patient introduced. He stated that he had been totally deaf for years, and that he had only been r.ncler treatment for a few days, and now he could hear plainly. Jhese gentlemen have numerous other cases under treatment. The cases tbat we have instanced should be sufficient to remove any doubt trora the most sceptical. All the patients that arc now under treatment have been tampered with by the medical profession with no satisfactory result, and this ivi v the major portion of cases causes more aggravation, and males effectual cure most difficult. The above cases clearly illustiate that Dr. Grant and Professor Wallenberg are, without doubt, what they profess to be, Oculists, Aurists, and specialists. We would strongly recommend those who are either afflicted with blindness or deafness to consult these gentlemen at once as their stay here is limited. — Tribune.