Eye injuries and their treatment . Eye Injuries and their TreatmentA Maitland Ramsay, M D James MacLemose 8. Sons,Publishers, Glasgow SYMPATHETIC OPHTHALMIA 103 The insidious nature of the onset is one of its mostoutstanding characteristics, for, ahhough it is occasion-ally ushered in by severe pain and other symptoms ofacute inflammation, it usually develops in a mannerso treacherous that serious results are not anticipateduntil the disease is thoroughly established. It maymake its appearance at any age, but is more frequentin the young than in the old, and particularly so inchildren who are
Eye injuries and their treatment . Eye Injuries and their TreatmentA Maitland Ramsay, M D James MacLemose 8. Sons,Publishers, Glasgow SYMPATHETIC OPHTHALMIA 103 The insidious nature of the onset is one of its mostoutstanding characteristics, for, ahhough it is occasion-ally ushered in by severe pain and other symptoms ofacute inflammation, it usually develops in a mannerso treacherous that serious results are not anticipateduntil the disease is thoroughly established. It maymake its appearance at any age, but is more frequentin the young than in the old, and particularly so inchildren who are naturally delicate and of a highlyneurotic temperament. When once it has started itis extremely difficult to arrest. Even under the mostfavourable conditions it runs a protracted course, and,though recovery occasionally takes place, the resultis very often total blindness. The destruction of thesympathising eye is, indeed, often more complete thanthat of the one which received the injury, and theknowledge of this fact adds greatly
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