. Plexus. Cut No. retina, etc., followingremoval of metal from eye withmagnet. The piece of metal isshown in front of eye. The eyehad to be removed two years af-ter on account of a severe inflam-mation of iris and ciliary retina is completely de-tached, being continuous fromthe optic nerve to the remains ofthe lens and the point at which Iintroduced the magnet in iris can be seen fastened atits pupillary margin to the lenscapsule and bulging forwardforming an iris bombe. This large magnet is also useful in removing the metal from theeye, as the entrance of the poi
. Plexus. Cut No. retina, etc., followingremoval of metal from eye withmagnet. The piece of metal isshown in front of eye. The eyehad to be removed two years af-ter on account of a severe inflam-mation of iris and ciliary retina is completely de-tached, being continuous fromthe optic nerve to the remains ofthe lens and the point at which Iintroduced the magnet in iris can be seen fastened atits pupillary margin to the lenscapsule and bulging forwardforming an iris bombe. This large magnet is also useful in removing the metal from theeye, as the entrance of the point of the magnet into the eye isnot necessary as it is with a small one. The result of the mag-net extraction is very good in many cases, good sight being re-tained in a few, and the eyeball being saved in others with par-tial vision or none at all. About four years ago a young mancame to me with the history of having be^n struck in the eye bya piece of metal while at work in the machine shop of the State. 20 The Plexus. University, about six months before. He did not have a greatamount of trouble at the time but the sight of the eye had beengrowing dim. In the lower part of the fundus of the eye was asmall piece of metal. About it there was a degeneration of theretina and choroid and the field of vision showed complete lossof sight in that area. Dr. Gradle and I operated on it by mak-ing an opening below, as near the metal as possible, and insert-ing the tip of a small magnet. After a few attempts the piece*measuring about one-eighth inch across, came out quite eye healed with no reaction and he wrote me recently thatthe sight had improved from what it was at the time of the oper-ation. While such results are quite frequently obtained, cut shows one of the less fortunate ones. The man from whom the Cut No. of an eye in which apiece of steel was lodged for overfour years before piece can be seen near theoptic nerve. To the left of thel
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