A case of unilateral annular scleritis / by D.B. St. John Roosa ; with report of the pathological examination by Edward L. Oatman.

  • Roosa, D. B. St. John (Daniel Bennett St. John), 1838-1908.
Date:
1905
Catalogue details

Licence: In copyright

Credit: A case of unilateral annular scleritis / by D.B. St. John Roosa ; with report of the pathological examination by Edward L. Oatman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

    3/18 (page 1)
    ■ A CASE OF UNILATERAL ANNULAR SCLERITIS. BY D. B. ST. JOHN ROOSA',' M.D., LL.D. Professor of Diseases of the Eye and Ear in the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital. WITH REPORT OF THE PATHOLOGICAL EXAMI- NATION.* BY EDWARD L. OATMAN, M.D. Ophthalmic Surgeon to the Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, New York. The group of unusual clinical and pathological conditions connected with the following case is considered by recent German writers to constitute a special form of disease. On April 14, 1903, the patient, a gentleman aged 54, first presented himself for treatment. He was in good general health with no history of rheumatism, gout or tuberculosis. Syphilis was carefully excluded. For the preceding six months he had noticed progressive loss of vision in his right eye. The refrac- tion was as follows: O.D. with —6.5 D. sph., with —2.D. cyh, axis 180, vision 6/200. O.S. with —4.5 D. sph., vision —20/20. Glasses of the above formula had been worn for 20 years. In the right eye the tension was + 1. The optic nerve entrance was white and deeply excavated. The visual field showed glaucomatous limitation with scotoma. He had no pain. There was neither congestion of the conjunctiva nor infiltration of the cornea. The left eye appeared unaffected. The case was diag- nosticated as an abei’rant form of glaucoma, and eserin in castor oil, followed by water fomentations, were ordered. The patient was seen again January 11, 1904. He had no *From the Pathological Laboratory of the New York Post-Graduat^ Medical School and Hospital.