Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Jeanne C.] Carr
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[2]of the wound or its exact direction sight was completely gone from the injured eye for the first few days & my physician said it would be ever gone but I was surprised to find that on the fourth or fifth day I could see a little with it sight con- tinued to increase for a few days but for the last three weeks it has not percep[illegible] increased or diminished I called in a Dr Parvin lately, said to be a very skillful [illegible]list & of large experience both here and in Europe He said that he thought the iris permanently injured - that the crystatine lens was not injured. That of course my two eyes would not work to- gether and that on the whole my chances of distinct vision were not good. But the bare possibility of anything like full sight is now my [illegible]staining hope, When the wound was made, about 1/3 of a teaspoonful[3]of fluid like the white of an egg flowed out upon my fingers aqueus fluid I suppose The eye has not lost its natural appearance I can see sufficiently well with it, to avoid the furniture etc in walking through a room can almost in full light recognize some of my friends But cannot distinguish one letter from another of common type I would like to hear Dr Carrs opinion of my case When I received [illegible] blow I could not feel any pain or faintness because the tre- mendous thought glared full on me that my right eye was lost I could gladly have died on the spot because I did not feel that I could have heart to look at any flower again But this is not so for I wish to try some cloudy day to walk to the woods where I am sure some of springs sweet first born is waiting
Location
[Indianapolis, Ind.]
Date Original
[1867] Apr 6
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 25.5 cm
Resource Identifier
muir01_0988-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 01, Image 0988
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html
Owning Institution
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Page Number
Page 2
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
