Transactions . e. In the left eye V. = y\ ; with + • 75 +-50 D. cyl. axis 160°=y^o- The vision in this eye hasbeen growing dim lately. The disc is cupped. The fieldlimited up and out. The tension is +. I gave her 1 percent, solution of pilocarpin to use twice a day. August 29th, vision has improved to |f, partly, with aglass. September 30th, is about the same. Pilocarpin continued. October 11th, is doing nicely. I then gave her aspirin , three times a day. November 14th, I gave her a reading glass and repeated theaspirin. February 13, 1912, her vision is not quite so good—ywwith corre
Transactions . e. In the left eye V. = y\ ; with + • 75 +-50 D. cyl. axis 160°=y^o- The vision in this eye hasbeen growing dim lately. The disc is cupped. The fieldlimited up and out. The tension is +. I gave her 1 percent, solution of pilocarpin to use twice a day. August 29th, vision has improved to |f, partly, with aglass. September 30th, is about the same. Pilocarpin continued. October 11th, is doing nicely. I then gave her aspirin , three times a day. November 14th, I gave her a reading glass and repeated theaspirin. February 13, 1912, her vision is not quite so good—ywwith correcting glass. March 15th, \^, partly, with correcting glass. May 17th, y\. Field has diminished. Operation ad-vised. Harrower: Glaucoma Treated by Iridotasis. 405 June loth, following out Borthens instruction as near asI could, I did an iridotasis. I found a little difficulty ingetting the conjunctiva out of my way, but \\-ith my assistantholding this with a pair of forceps I succeeded very well in LEFT EYC. Fig. 1.—Solid line, field before operation. Doited line, field nearly a year afterward. making my cut with a keratome. This patient had notrouble, no irritation. The whole wound healed verykindly, but with correcting glasses her vision had droppedon August 1st to yV- September 12th, it was still fV- 406 Harrower: Glaucoma Treated by Iridotasis. I saw her December 18, 1912, and her vision was fV-Her field had enlarged (Fig. 1). ^ y^ . ^ I also saw her on April 17th. Vision with +-75 s. + 50 cyl. axis 90° = A Partly; with + s., combined with LEFT EYE
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