Sclero-corneal trephining in the operative treatment of glaucoma / by Robert Henry Elliot.

  • Elliot, Robert Henry, 1864-1936.
Date:
[1913?]
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    vii. PREFACE. The present time may be spoken of in ophthalmological history as The Glaucoma Age. The magnificient work of past decades, associated with the honoured names of Priestley Smith, Lagrange, de Wecker and many other workers, has suddenly reached fruition. The underlying principle is to be expressed in the one word Sclerectomy. The methods proposed to carry out the common object are very various, and time alone will show which of them is the best. To me trephining seems the ideal procedure, and though I clearly recognise that my judgment may not be, I should almost say cannot be, unprejudiced, I desire to lay my case fully and freely before the Medical Profession. At that bar we must one and all be tried, and I for one have no doubt that the ultimate verdict, even though it may be delayed, will be the just and right one, be it what it may. Medical men have written to me from many parts of the British Isles, from our Colonies, from America and from Europe to ask questions about the procedure I have recom- mended for the operative treatment of glaucoma. Most of their questions have been fully answered in past articles I have written or read during the last four years. I felt that it was necessary therefore to collect all that one could say on the subject of trephining within the covers of a single volume, so that all who would could read it. I have endeavoured to acknowledge much of the kind aid I have received in the body of the book, but I should be remiss if I failed to specially remember a few of my helpers. To Mr. Sydney Stephenson I owe more than I can easily