An additional case of double congenital microphthalmos / by Cassius D. Wescott.

  • Wescott, Cassius D.
Date:
1898
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Credit: An additional case of double congenital microphthalmos / by Cassius D. Wescott. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ADDITIONAL CASE OF DOUBLE CON- GENITAL MICROPHTHALMOS. BY CASSIUS D. WESCOTT, M.D. During a trip in Minnesota last September, I was tasked by my friend, Dr. E. J. Lewis of Sauk Center, CO see Maxwell James, aged 2 years, who was said to nave been blind from birth. Upon examination the child seemed to be in per- ff'ect health and his development was good for his age. [[ have been unable to secure a photograph showing the condition of the eyes, but the one which I present Kwill give a general idea of the little fellow's appear- lance. The lids and orbits were normal. The palpe- wral fissure of the left eye was not smaller than OQSual, but the lids of both eyes appeared sunken. Both eyeballs were smaller than normal, the diam- eter of the cornea measuring no more than 6 or 7 nmm. in left eye and 5 or 6 mm. in the right. The iiris was present in the left eye, but the pupil was anot well made out, because of a small central opacity .iof the cornea, and the fact that the opaque sclera ^eeemed to shade off into the cornea, leaving a narrow -ring of clear cornea between an outer opaque ring and a central circular opacity. The right eye was decid- edly smaller than the left. There was almost no clear comea, the iris showing faintly through the almost opaque membrane. The movements of the eyes were normal, but limited. No cysts could be demonstrated in either orbit and the conjunctiva was smooth and free and gave no sign of past inflammation. There