Transactions . Miss G. N—. Left eye. May 18th, 1914. The first case occurred in a woman, 03t. 23 years, whowas admitted to Queen Charlottes Hospital in the laststage of pregnancy. During the day or two that sheremained in hospital her urine was found to contain muchalbumen, and she developed symptoms of eclampsia. Shethen complained of some defect of sight, and it was at the DKTACHMENT OP THE RETINA. 145. VOL. XXXV. 10 146 DETACHMENT OF THE RETINA. time taken to be a case of hemianopsia. After her babyhad been delivered the sight failed still more, and Spicer was good enough to see t
Transactions . Miss G. N—. Left eye. May 18th, 1914. The first case occurred in a woman, 03t. 23 years, whowas admitted to Queen Charlottes Hospital in the laststage of pregnancy. During the day or two that sheremained in hospital her urine was found to contain muchalbumen, and she developed symptoms of eclampsia. Shethen complained of some defect of sight, and it was at the DKTACHMENT OP THE RETINA. 145. VOL. XXXV. 10 146 DETACHMENT OF THE RETINA. time taken to be a case of hemianopsia. After her babyhad been delivered the sight failed still more, and Spicer was good enough to see the patient, as he,Mr. Stephenson, was away at the moment from Spicer found she had a detachment of each speaker saw the case a day or two later, and foundshe had a large globular detachment at the lower half ofeach retina. The detachment was not transparent; on thecontrary, it was of a very dark colour, and stronglysuggested that the underlying cause might have beenbleeding from the choroidal vessels. That young woman,a week later, presented very few signs of was only some rucking of the parts and some slightchanges ; and she eventually recovered |- vision with a fullfield, including even the field for blue. He knew the curehad persisted for many years. The second case was that of a young woman, a?t. 32years, who had attended the Ealing Hospital in October,19
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