The Ophthalmic review . L. there was a small transverse wound in the centre of thecornea, with a nearly clear area around it, the ring ofyellow infiltration being i mm. distant from the sclero-corneal margin. In the three other cases, however, thewound was not in the centre of the ring. In Cases Iand 4 it was outside it, and in Case 3 close to its innermargin. The relation of the wound to the ring of in-filtration in these four cases is well shown in the accom-panying diagrams. 223 Ring infiltration of the cornea, so far as these fourcases indicate, seems to be an affection which followsperfor
The Ophthalmic review . L. there was a small transverse wound in the centre of thecornea, with a nearly clear area around it, the ring ofyellow infiltration being i mm. distant from the sclero-corneal margin. In the three other cases, however, thewound was not in the centre of the ring. In Cases Iand 4 it was outside it, and in Case 3 close to its innermargin. The relation of the wound to the ring of in-filtration in these four cases is well shown in the accom-panying diagrams. 223 Ring infiltration of the cornea, so far as these fourcases indicate, seems to be an affection which followsperforating septic wounds of cither its central or peri-pheral portions. Whatsoever the locality of the wound,the ring of infiltration occupies precisely the same posi-tion, its outer edge being i mm. distant from the cornealmargin. The ring forms very rapidly after the inflictionof the wound ; in Case 2, in twenty-four hours it was allbut complete. In Case 3, nine days after the injury,there was ulceration commencing in the
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