Weekly medical review . with a goodresult. The wound healed kindly within aweek. On a bright day about a fortnight af-ter the operation, her eyes were dazzled bythe light; she became alarmed and called thefamily physician, who placed her in a darkroom, with instructions to remain there tillshe recovered. He told her that if she wereexposed to the bright light, she would cer-tainly go blind. Four months later she wasbrought into the clinic, being supported byothers, as she had not stx*ength to walk alone. The intense anxiety, that she endured whileimprisoned in the dark room, so underminedher n
Weekly medical review . with a goodresult. The wound healed kindly within aweek. On a bright day about a fortnight af-ter the operation, her eyes were dazzled bythe light; she became alarmed and called thefamily physician, who placed her in a darkroom, with instructions to remain there tillshe recovered. He told her that if she wereexposed to the bright light, she would cer-tainly go blind. Four months later she wasbrought into the clinic, being supported byothers, as she had not stx*ength to walk alone. The intense anxiety, that she endured whileimprisoned in the dark room, so underminedher nervous system that any unusual noisewould almost throw her into friends had to talk in an undertone inher presence. She had been subject to ny-stagmus since childhood, and any excitementwould make her eyes dance as if they wouldjump out of her head. She lost her appetite, eating little more than enough to sustainlife. When she entered the clinic, a cotton clothwas tied over her eyes, and over this was a. heavy black veil doubled a number of the folds were removed, she was greatlysurprised to find that she could see and thatshe was not struck blind. A superficialexamination revealed no disease. A pair ofsmoked glasses was given her, and she wasplaced in a light room with instructions to sitwith her back to the window. The followingday a thorough examination was made, and wefound Membrana Pupillaris Persistens, opa-cities of both cornea? and nystagmus. The opacities were old, and as she had hadsore eyes when a child, they were doubtlessproduced at that time. The patient rapidly improved in appetiteand strength. She enjoyed the noise andbustle of the street. The fourth day after en-tering the hospital, she spent in Central the end of a week the nystagmus was muchimproved and the patient strong enough tobe discharged. There was no record of hervision before she was placed in the darkroom, but the day after the bandage was re-moved she said she did
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