A case of parenchymatous keratitis in acquired syphilis / by Burton Chance.

  • Chance, Burton Kollock, 1868-1965.
Date:
1909
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Credit: A case of parenchymatous keratitis in acquired syphilis / by Burton Chance. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    definitely as an ophthalmologic entity; and by the recital of five additional cases these authors have amply justified the contention. Each author begs that forgotten cases may be recalled and that Amer- ican surgeons report any they may have had so that doubt on the subject may no longer exist. Hos- pital records are so incomplete and often so abruptly cut short that one gets from the study of them only the most unsatisfactory results. In all the years I have been connected with the hospital I have seen there only one case and none in my private practice. The present case, which Dr. Schwenk very gen- erously allows me to report, is undoubtedly one of specific infection. Our opinion at the time the patient attended the hospital, however, was formed solely because of the accompanying symptoms. The patient presented herself at the hospital in February, 1900. She was tall and of large frame, and apparently was a healthy woman. She came from one of the quiet towns in the interior of Penn- sylvania. She was twenty-four years of age and had been married a year or so. She had one child, a well-developed nursling. The woman stated that at about the time the baby was born, in November, 1899, her left eye became reddened, tears flowed rather freely and her sight was foggy. There was but little pain, and after a while, in the midst of her new cares, the symptoms gradually disappeared or became less noticeable. In January, 1900, how- ever, three weeks before coming to the hospital, the symptoms returned with increased severity. After a few days there came a lull, but three days before we saw her they returned, and this time with great pain. Upon examination there was found intense tarsal and bulbar injection with deep ciliary congestion