Intra-ocular tumors / by H.Z. Gill.

  • Gill, Henry Z.
Date:
[1871?]
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Credit: Intra-ocular tumors / by H.Z. Gill. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Intra-ocular Tumors. :BY H’. Z. GILL, M.D., Lecturer on Ophthalmology and Microscopical Anatomy in the St. Louis Medical College. [ Extract from St. Louis Medical and Surgical Journal. ] Case i. Mr. Stubbs, aged 60, of St. Louis, Mo., was first examined in September, 1869, He had observed a few weeks previously that there was some obstruction to his vision in the right eye, at first slight, but it gradually in- creased. He consulted his family physician, who finding the case somewhat obscure brought him to me for examin- ation. There was found, on examination, obstruction to vision in the internal portion of the field of vision. With the ophthalmoscope there was also found, in the external por- tion of the fundus, about the equator, a well defined tumor nearly the size of a large pea. It was dark with some greyish or whitish streaks over its surface. The outlines posteriorly were well defined. The patient was seen a few days later and cursorily examined, receiving at the same time instructions to return again soon. He was not seen again until about the middle of Jan-