Ophthalmic conditions in the government schools in Egypt and their amelioration / [by A.F. MacCallan].
- Arthur Ferguson Maccallan
- Date:
- 1908
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Credit: Ophthalmic conditions in the government schools in Egypt and their amelioration / [by A.F. MacCallan]. 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.
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![[Reprinted from T11 IALM 0$tsfo^;,,Nov, and Dee., 1908.] i H' m OPHTHALMIC pDN-bl,TIONS Il£ THE GOVERN- MENT SCHOOLS IN*=- EGYPT AND THEIR A MEL I<) R ATipN. BY A. F. MacCallan, M.B., B.C.Camb., F.R.C.S.Eng. CHIEF INSPECTOR OF OPHTHALMIC HOSPITALS. Part I. At the last Annual Meeting of the British Medical Association, I had the honour of reading a paper describing the work which had been carried on in Egypt by the ophthalmic hospitals during the previous four years.** This year, previous to giving some detailed information with regard to the ophthalmic conditions in one of the largest Government schools, I propose to report shortly on last year’s (1907) clinical work at the two travelling hospitals. The number of new patients treated was 7,446, about one-third of the actual applicants. The average number of attendances of patients under regular treatment was 19. 3,173 patients were seen who were incurable and who were sent away after the first examination. The total number of operations performed was 6,794, of which 194 were for the removal of cataract. 2,175 cases of absolute blindness were seen, in 326 of which the cause was primary glaucoma. The number of patients blind in one or both eyes was 8.7 per cent, of the total number examined. 2,197 persons were seen who had been operated on by charlatans for trichiasis ; in most of the cases lagophthalmos had been produced without curing the trichiasis. The work has been carried on during the last year by the two travelling hospitals originally established by Sir Ernest Cassel. One new permanent hospital, established and maintained by the Government, will be opened this year, and one permanent hospital, built partly by local effort but maintained by the Government, will be opened next year. The Egyptian Government has been kept fully aware of the ophthalmic needs of the country during the last year by Mr. Graham, the Director-General of the Public Health Department; and it is probable that money for further ophthalmic relief will be forthcoming from the Ministry of Finance as soon as funds become available. *A communication read in the Section of Ophthalmology at the Annual Meeting of the British Medical Association, [uly, 1908.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22419755_0005.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
