Eye injuries and their treatment . case may be taken up at the point where that of Fig. ris left off. This patient came to the Ophthalmic Institution four monthsafter his left eye had been injured. At the centre and lower part of thecornea there was a dense white adherent cicatrix, which was dealt withby an optical iridectomy and by tattooing the scar. Fig. 3 illustrates the case of a miner, forty-seven years of age, who wasstruck on the left eye by a chip of coal. There was acute infection bypneumococcus, and ulceration spread so quickly that when, seven dayslater, the man was admitted to the
Eye injuries and their treatment . case may be taken up at the point where that of Fig. ris left off. This patient came to the Ophthalmic Institution four monthsafter his left eye had been injured. At the centre and lower part of thecornea there was a dense white adherent cicatrix, which was dealt withby an optical iridectomy and by tattooing the scar. Fig. 3 illustrates the case of a miner, forty-seven years of age, who wasstruck on the left eye by a chip of coal. There was acute infection bypneumococcus, and ulceration spread so quickly that when, seven dayslater, the man was admitted to the Ophthalmic Institution, the greaterpart of the central area of the cornea was destroyed. The sepsis wasovercome by the cautery and the application of iodine-vasogen ; but thedestruction of tissue had been so great that after the patient was dis-missed from hospital an anterior staphyloma formed. The occurrence ofsuch an after result may be best prevented by the careful application ofa bandage, and by enforced rest in bed. PLATE V.
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