On a rare form of primary opacity (Transverse calcareous film) of the cornea / by Edward Nettleship.

  • Nettleship, Edward, 1845-1913.
Date:
[1881?]
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Credit: On a rare form of primary opacity (Transverse calcareous film) of the cornea / by Edward Nettleship. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Subject to inflammation of eyes from childhood, and V. as bad as on admission for about ten years. ^t. 29 admitted. Conditions symmetrical, but worse in L. Central, large, densely opaque, sharply-defined patch of French- white color on cornea ; slightly raised ; irregularly circular. I'here were dots or mottlings on the patch. The pupil quite concealed. Rest of cornea transparent. Eyes seemed otherwise healthy; pupils dilated. Treatment.—Repeated scrapings with minute gouge restored V. nf both eyes to such a degree that she could thread a common sewing needle. Treatment extended over more than a year. She IS stated to have been practically blind for the previous ten years. Opacity did not feel gritty ; no note of chemical or microscopi- cal examination.—(Haynes Walton, Med. Times and Gazette, 1853, ii, 469.) 4