. A treatise on the diseases of the eye. The mother stated that for two or three years the eye had been occasionally inflamed. Six weeks Fie;. ago she first noticed a speck on the iris, about the size of a pins head, whichbecame doubled in size at the end of five weeks. The child had alwaysbeen delicate, and had long suffered from threadworms, but never from tape- •Pi. L. 0. H. Rep., V. 320. 318 DISEASES OF THE IRIS AND CILIARY BODY. worm. On June 9, Mr. Teale made an incision at the margin of the corneawith a cataract-knife, and withdrew the piece of iris on which the animalwas fixed, a
. A treatise on the diseases of the eye. The mother stated that for two or three years the eye had been occasionally inflamed. Six weeks Fie;. ago she first noticed a speck on the iris, about the size of a pins head, whichbecame doubled in size at the end of five weeks. The child had alwaysbeen delicate, and had long suffered from threadworms, but never from tape- •Pi. L. 0. H. Rep., V. 320. 318 DISEASES OF THE IRIS AND CILIARY BODY. worm. On June 9, Mr. Teale made an incision at the margin of the corneawith a cataract-knife, and withdrew the piece of iris on which the animalwas fixed, and cut it off without destroying the cysticercus. When removedfrom the eye, the slow movements of the body and changes of shape wereeasily detected. On examination with the microscope, the head and neck,surmounted by the circle of booklets and four suckers, were seen to projectfrom the side of the body (vide Fig. 135). The removal of the cysticercus was soon followed by the disappearance ofall symptoms of inflammation and irritability of the eye, and four monthsafterwards the patient was able to read Jager No. 1. [In England and the United
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