Diphtheria of the conjunctiva / by Sydney Stephenson.

  • Stephenson, Sydney.
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[1902]
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    Reprinted from Vol. XXII of the • Ophthalmological Society's Transactions.' Diphtheria of the conjunctiva. By Sydney Stephenson, M.B. The following remarks are grounded upon forty-three cases of conjunctiyitis, in all of wliicli the Klebs-Loffler bacillus was demonstrated bacteriologically. The cases which form the basis of the communication have been relegated to an appendix. I purpose now merely to read a summary of the more important practical points brouo-ht out by the investigation. ° 1. ^^HEQUENCY.-Diphtheria of the conjunctiva is thouo-ht by some writers to be rare in England. The figures'at my command lend little or no support to that view Thev are spread over a period of about five years, and have been collected from the ophthalmic departments of two hospitals for child.-en, namely, the Evelina and the North-Eastern th^!'r? *^^\P^°d in question, ai^ongst 8,412 out-patients, there have been forty-three instances of conjunctival diph^ theria,—that is to say, a percentage of 1-26 2. SEX.—With regard to sex, twenty-three of my cases were m males and twenty in females. This difference dent! *° -ci- 3. Age.—The youngest patient included in my series was SIX weeks of age, and the oldest ten years The