From the October 7, 1887 Brooklyn Daily Eagle:

“Cairo, Ill.–While Dr. J.H. Leach, of Cairo, was walking the floor of his office Wednesday night a sudden and very severe pain darted into his right eye, which seemed to jump out of his head. A profuse hemorrhage began and continued all night. The pain was intense. An examination showed that the eye had burst and that its immediate removal was necessary. Dr. Leach was taken back to his own office where the operation was performed.”