Eye injuries and their treatment . ly ; there was no redness ; and tension wasnormal. On ophthalmoscopic examination it was found that the mediawere clear, but that there was marked congestion of the optic disc, andthat the retinal vessels were decidedly tortuous and engorged. ABjerrums screen chart revealed that the blind spot was elongated andspindle-shaped, the length vertically being to the breadth horizontally astwelve to four. Two days later the injured ball was enucleated, and by theend of a fortnight after the operation all complaint as to the remainingeye had ceased ; vision was Vs) t
Eye injuries and their treatment . ly ; there was no redness ; and tension wasnormal. On ophthalmoscopic examination it was found that the mediawere clear, but that there was marked congestion of the optic disc, andthat the retinal vessels were decidedly tortuous and engorged. ABjerrums screen chart revealed that the blind spot was elongated andspindle-shaped, the length vertically being to the breadth horizontally astwelve to four. Two days later the injured ball was enucleated, and by theend of a fortnight after the operation all complaint as to the remainingeye had ceased ; vision was Vs) the congestion of the optic disc was verymuch less, the vessels had become less tortuous, and the blind spot wasnormal. It is interesting to note that microscopic sections of the enucleatedeyeball show the cellular infiltration and thickening of the choroid describedby Fuchs in Volume LVIII. of Graefes Archives^ and believed by himto be frequently, if not constantly, associated with the onset of sympatheticinflammation. PLATE NORMAL BLIND SIOT WITH IHE ZONE OV TRANSITIONAL AMBLYOPIA AROUND IT.
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