How did Mary Ingalls lose her sight?

Answer 1

The doctors of the time said that Mary never fully recovered from a case of the measles she had had, and had run a very high fever with the disease. For some reason, this atrophied her optic nerves, leading to complete blindness over a period of weeks.

Answer 2

The doctor felt it was a result of a bad case of the measles that Mary never fully recovered from. She suffered a stroke, which she essentially recovered form all right, but the optic nerves were affected, and atrophied, causing blindness.

Answer 3

Yes, Mary was blind from the time she had scarlet fever at Plum Creek.

Answer 4

Mary Ingalls lost her sight due to an illness known as scarlet fever when she was a child.

Answer 5

Mary Ingalls was 14 when she went blind.

Answer 6

In 1879, Mary Ingalls became blind.