Transactions . has foursisters, who are not night-blind. Wassermann reactionnegative. Vision -^^ + i 9 Iight and left. Patient is astrong, healthy girl, and she is unable to continue herwork as a domestic servant as she cannot do her work inthe evening. The fundus shows a typical but not verymarked peripheral pigmentation of retinitis pigmentosa discs are slightly grey in colour, but not at allmarkedly so; the vessels are almost of normal size ; thelenses are clear and show no posterior polar fields of vision when first examined were contractedto the ten degrees circle on
Transactions . has foursisters, who are not night-blind. Wassermann reactionnegative. Vision -^^ + i 9 Iight and left. Patient is astrong, healthy girl, and she is unable to continue herwork as a domestic servant as she cannot do her work inthe evening. The fundus shows a typical but not verymarked peripheral pigmentation of retinitis pigmentosa discs are slightly grey in colour, but not at allmarkedly so; the vessels are almost of normal size ; thelenses are clear and show no posterior polar fields of vision when first examined were contractedto the ten degrees circle on both sides. These wereexamined on a number of different occasions, and variedbetween the ten and twenty degrees circles. On November13th, 1914, paracentesis of the left eye was performed,and again on December 1st. After each paracentesisthere was a distinct improvement in the fields. It wasthen determined to trephine. This was performed onDecember 8th, 1914. It was done under a general RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA. 359. Pm n 360 DISEASES OF THE RETINA AND OPTIC NERVE.
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