Selected cases of injury of the eyes / Henry Power.

  • Meneses, Henry Power.
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[1880]
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    Case XXXVII. H. Freeman, aged 5, male. Admitted May 10,1871. Four days ago, patient poked a pair of small scissors into left eye. Wound of cornea was transverse, and crossed pupillary aperture.^ Iris healthy, lens opaque at centre of wound. Slight sclerotitis, no other inflammatory action. Pad and bandage, and L. atropije sulph. June 4.—Opacity of lens extended. Cornea healed. Eye ■ quiet. To return in a few months for cataract operation, CAES XXXVIII. W. A. Fooks, aged 9, male. Admitted July 12,1871. _ Twenty- : four hours ago patient was hit on left eye by a piece of iron wire, about one foot long, rebounding from a wall which it had hit. The wound of cornea separated its lower half from the sclerotic, as in \ lower section for cataract. Iris discoloured. Pain excessive, ■ Mr Power removed the globe, which showed a torn state of iris, ; <absence of lens and vitreous, and the interior of globe lined with * I clotted blood J inch thick. Pain was gone half hour after opera- I tion. July 20.—Discharged. Eight eye not affected. Case XXXIX. E. Pankhurst, aged 9, female. Admitted June 10, 1871. Five days before admission, patient was peeping round a corner, and was • struck on right eye by a small cube of wood. Medical attendant ordered rest and darkness for seven days. There was a wound of outer edge of right cornea, the wound was small, but penetrated • the iris, and touched the lens, which was partially dislocated. Mr Power removed the lens by a scoop under chloroform, and . applied a pad and bandage. To use bellad. and take cal. c. opio. July 3.—Omit pills and lot. Eye quiet. 16th.—The eye is quiet. There is a dense leucoma at seat of . wouml, and pupil is drawn towards it and contracted to the size of a pin-head. There is no vision, but appreciates light. VOL. XI. o