Transactions . f^-- f \. - ^ ARTERIO-VENOUS COMMUNICATION ON THE RETINA. 157 Present condition.—The patient is a quick^ intelligent,highly nervous girl, with fair hair and light blue face is pale and rather puffy; her pupils are wide, activeto light and with convergence, but decidedly (morning), sp. gr. 1010, acid, no albumen, no sugar. On ophthalmoscopic examination of the left eye the atten-tion is at once attracted by the presence of a large vesselrunning vertically immediately to the inner side of theyellow spot. On tracing this vessel downwards it is foundto b
Transactions . f^-- f \. - ^ ARTERIO-VENOUS COMMUNICATION ON THE RETINA. 157 Present condition.—The patient is a quick^ intelligent,highly nervous girl, with fair hair and light blue face is pale and rather puffy; her pupils are wide, activeto light and with convergence, but decidedly (morning), sp. gr. 1010, acid, no albumen, no sugar. On ophthalmoscopic examination of the left eye the atten-tion is at once attracted by the presence of a large vesselrunning vertically immediately to the inner side of theyellow spot. On tracing this vessel downwards it is foundto be a branch of the inferior temporal vein. Followingit upwards we find that soon after passing the level ofthe y. s. it bifurcates ; one of the terminal branches con-tinues upwards in the line of the vessel, while the otherpasses upwards and inwards for a short distance and thenopens directly into an artery, viz. the superior temporal ofthe retina. In addition, there are other minor peculiari-ties in vascular distributi
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