Saccharine saline injections in ophthalmic practice (sodium benzoyl-sulphonic) / by L. Webster Fox.

  • Fox, Lawrance Webster, 1853-1931.
Date:
1904
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    ment followed their use. In the chronic forms the method was likewise devoid of benefit. 8. In the cases of vitreous opacity following any form of vitre- ous, retinal or choroidal disease, the benefit following deep injec- tions was pronounced in all. In some cases vision was increased from 10/200 to 20/40, and in many others normal vision was re- stored in which one-fifth vision had previously existed. It is in this class of cases that I urge the careful and persistent carrying out of the details of this treatment. Where I find the pa- tient describing the vision as smoky (not hazy), i. e., the atmos- phere slightly tinged with brown and filled with dark brown spots, I assume that the vitreous deposits have their origin in a slight cyclitis or retinitis, and I find that for this class of cases the sub- conjunctival injections constitute the treatment. They should be administered twice weekly for three weeks, and thereafter once a week until vision has been restored or until, after a fair trial, no improvement has been noticed. For the denser opacities, such as follow hemorrhages and their products, intense vitreous inflamma- tion, and chorioretinitis following injuries, the injections should be made in Tenon’s capsule.