Eye injuries and their treatment . f the corneathere was a deeply indented cicatrix, marking the site of the rupture ofthe tunics of the globe. The cornea was small and flat. The other eyeshowed signs of sympathetic inflammation. Fig. 3 illustrates the case of a man, thirty-two years of age, who,while cutting an iron nut, was struck on the left eye by a chip of themetal. There was a small scar on the cornea towards its upper andinner aspect. The pupil was contracted, but under the action of atropinedilated partially, revealing a cataractous lens. The anterior chamber wasshallow. The circular f
Eye injuries and their treatment . f the corneathere was a deeply indented cicatrix, marking the site of the rupture ofthe tunics of the globe. The cornea was small and flat. The other eyeshowed signs of sympathetic inflammation. Fig. 3 illustrates the case of a man, thirty-two years of age, who,while cutting an iron nut, was struck on the left eye by a chip of themetal. There was a small scar on the cornea towards its upper andinner aspect. The pupil was contracted, but under the action of atropinedilated partially, revealing a cataractous lens. The anterior chamber wasshallow. The circular fibres of the iris were notched at the upper andinner aspect of the pupil. The cataractous lens was washed out, but twomonths afterwards the patient was only able to count fingers at six feet^the poorness of sight being due to a thin opaque capsule which com-pletely obliterated the pupil. When an opening was made in this witha Knapps knife, vision improved at once, and became, with the aid of alens, almost equal to ^/g. PLATE XXIII. I willI
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