Selected cases of injury of the eyes / Henry Power.

  • Meneses, Henry Power.
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[1880]
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    ing the cliina dog into a few large pieces with her head; one of these wounded her right globe, which bled freely. On admission the globe (under chloroform) was found col- lapsed, a deep irregular wound extending across upper part of rio-ht cornea into ciliary region, iris, lens matter, and vitreous, with blood-clot protruding between its edges; no fragment was seen. The wound was cleared of its contents, and then firm pressure applied with a pad (wet) and bandage. The whole healed well, the child was cheerful, and did not complain of pain; but the globe, though it filled out somewhat in size, remained always a fittle pink. After a few days in Hospital, she attended as an out- patient. , The eye continued so long irritable, however, the child rubbing it, &c., that it was resolved to remove it. It was not, however, till July 27th that the parents could be persuaded to consent. Mr Vernon then did an enucleation, from which the child quickly made a good recovery. No foreign body was found in the globe. « m, Description of Jme Bartons Eye.—July 27.—The zris was found to be very disorganised, and adherent throughout greater part of its extent to the adjacent structures. The lens, as also the parts generally comprising the anterior portion of the globe, were found to have undergone extensive changes, and a consider- able quantity of altered vitreous humour escaped, together with blood and serum. No fragment of china found. On examining the front of the eye which was removed, the cornea was seen to be semi-transparent, showing disorganised ins at its lower two-thirds ; the upper one-third was opaque and contracted, the wounded sclerotic here being all puckered up, and entangling the ciliary processes and upper part of lens capsule, the lens matter having mostly escaped. No anterior chamber. Case XVIII. James Godfrey, 39 years, a turner. , . , , March 13.—At work this morning with a circular saw, wlien a splinter of wood hit his right eye. _ Eif^ht eye —There is a clean cut wound at inner side of cornea, of some size; several abrasions of conjunctiva, with slight ecchy- mosis, (Leeches and atropine.) Anterior chamber full of blood obstructing view of deeper parts. No pain. V. = perception ot ^^°March 15 —Edges of wound quite united. Anterior chamber much deepened. Most of the blood has disappeared. Pupil dilated. RV. = can count fingers at a few inches. _ March 17.—On getting up, some of the blood reappeared m