Report on ophthalmology and otology : delivered before the Illinois State Medical Society, at its Thirty-Second Anniversary Meeting, held at Quincy, May, 1882 / by A.E. Prince.

  • Prince, A. E. (Arthur E.)
Date:
1883
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Credit: Report on ophthalmology and otology : delivered before the Illinois State Medical Society, at its Thirty-Second Anniversary Meeting, held at Quincy, May, 1882 / by A.E. Prince. 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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    with great pain and in one case the condition was suppurative, and in each case tlie puncture had been followed by immediate relief, and the cases all healed without difficulty followed by no unpleasant consequences. Hearing in all, after an interval of two weeks, was found to be perfect. In but one of these cases could speculum or light have been used to advantage had they been in his possession. I mention the experience of this one man, that it may have its influence in dispelling the morbid sense of fear and hesitation which is altogether too prevalent in the medical profession, concerning the performance of the opera- tion. CASES. 1. Miss Annie B., Id years of age. Eyes have been strong enough for all purposes until her last winter in school, when it was found that night reading gave her trouble after more than an hour’s continuous application. Ho error of refraction was found and she was advised to give up night work, which she did for a time and the eyes became well. Last September she commenced to teach and at the same time to carry on a course of German study. As a result of her attempt to read German at night her eyes became sensitive and she, being very ambitious to continue her work, read night after night until a condition of liypentsthesia was produced which necessitated the discon- tinuance of her work. She was unable to read ten minutes consecutively without pain, and there was an extreme degree of photophobia. On this occasion a more careful examination under atropia revealed Hypermetropia not to exceed a sixtieth. Ho muscular insufficiency was present in the case. The abuse to which she had subjected her eyes will not be recovered from for a long period of time, and a glass of adequate strength to give the eye the requisite amount of rest, it is well known, would not be tolerated; -(-J_.~l.25 I), on a prism of four