Ophthalmia neonatorum : its etiology and prevention / by Sydney Stephenson.

  • Stephenson, Sydney, 1862-1923.
Date:
1903
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    tion, which I admit to bo rare, or secondary inoculation, which I know to be common; hence the method may be expected to fail in a certain small percentage of cases, even when correctly applied, and that has been shown to be so by Kostlin's figures. To sum up the whole matter, the sole disadvantage of the Orede method, according to my view, is the production of a more or less trivial catarrh of the conjunctiva; and, after all, what is that compared with the risks of being blinded by ophthalmia ? The Obstetrical Society of London acted well and wisely when it caused to be inserted in its midwives' certificate a paragraph touching the disinfection of babies' eyes with a 1 in 4000 solution of corrosive sublimate. The question now is whether, with all the evidence before it, the Society might not be induced to accord a formal ap- proval of Credo's plan and to recommend it for general adoption. That recommendation, coming from such a body, would go far to strengthen the hands of those who for years have been trying to get the plan universally adopted. It would, moreover, have an immense influence in still further reducing the ravages of ophthalmia neonatorum. PRINTED BY ADLARD AND SON, LONDON AND DORKING.