Transactions . istinct ^ lisp ^ in her speechfor a short time. Temperature normal throughout. Shehas lost one child from ^^ heart disease,^ and has a sisterwho has had numbness and loss of power in one leg. The coincidence of aortic insufficiency with increase oftension in the eye is probably enough to account for theobliteration of the retinal arteries, though we must assumethe existence of some other factor to account for thisoccurring in the right eye alone. The cause of the venousthickening, also confined to the right eye, is not clear.{Card specimen. March 13th, 1884.) DESCEIPTION OF PLAT
Transactions . istinct ^ lisp ^ in her speechfor a short time. Temperature normal throughout. Shehas lost one child from ^^ heart disease,^ and has a sisterwho has had numbness and loss of power in one leg. The coincidence of aortic insufficiency with increase oftension in the eye is probably enough to account for theobliteration of the retinal arteries, though we must assumethe existence of some other factor to account for thisoccurring in the right eye alone. The cause of the venousthickening, also confined to the right eye, is not clear.{Card specimen. March 13th, 1884.) DESCEIPTION OF PLATE II. Fig. 1 shows the ophthalmoscopic appearances in Mr. Nettle-ships case of Glaucoma with Thickening of Retinal Veins andObliteration of Arteries (p. 112). Right eye; erect image. From a drawing by Miss Boole. Fig. 2 shows the ophthalmoscopic appearances in Mr. Nettle-ships case of Central Guttate Choroiditis (p. 164). Left eye ; erect image. From a drawing by Miss Boole. Figl Trans. Ophth. 6oc Vol JV^, PI U. M. Boole, del. Lebor. ^Co. GLAUCOMA FOLLOWING A BLOW. 113 5. Chronic glaucoma ivlth a neiv connective tissue growthin the right vitreous springing from the glaucomatouscup. By W. Lang. (Under Mr. Adams care.) James W—, aet. 48, labourer. Right and left both^ operated on/^ Right ten years ago at sixteen months ago at St. Bartholomews , no p. 1. Pupil very wide, scarcely any iris visible;edge of lens shows. Disc cupped, but filled by a newgrowth which spreads forwards into vitreous nearly asfar as ciliary processes, principally on the outer half ofglobe. Vessels are seen springing from the retinal vesselsand then coursing in the growth, which, is white in colourand of a fibrous appearance.* Left field much contracted, forming a narrow horizontalslit stretching outwards. Vision ?^, Hm. 2*5 D. ^, 1 5 D. ; deep glaucomatous cup. No other change. (Living specimen. May 8thj 1884.) 6. Gase of glaucoma following a blow in a hoy, set. 14, th
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