Eye injuries and their treatment . PENETRATING WOUNDS 69 Figs. I and 2.) Wounds that implicate the choroidand retina—as so frequently happens—may, underfavourable circumstances, heal without trouble; butthey are often followed by detachment of the retinaand by inflammatory changes which terminate in theshrinking of the globe. An injured lens is always aserious complication, for it rapidly becomes cataractous,and, by swelling and acting as a foreign body, rendersthe original mischief much more serious. (Plate XIV.,Fig. 3.) In children the conditions are distinctly morefavourable than they are i
Eye injuries and their treatment . PENETRATING WOUNDS 69 Figs. I and 2.) Wounds that implicate the choroidand retina—as so frequently happens—may, underfavourable circumstances, heal without trouble; butthey are often followed by detachment of the retinaand by inflammatory changes which terminate in theshrinking of the globe. An injured lens is always aserious complication, for it rapidly becomes cataractous,and, by swelling and acting as a foreign body, rendersthe original mischief much more serious. (Plate XIV.,Fig. 3.) In children the conditions are distinctly morefavourable than they are in adults, because in earlylife the lens is so soft that the cataract is quicklydissolved and absorbed by the aqueous. In adultcases, in order to diminish the risk of cyclitis, thecataract should be washed out by copious irrigationwith warm sterile saline solution. The irrigator mustbe rendered thoroughly aseptic by being boiled, andthen, the point having been carefully introduced into theaqueous through the wound in the cornea
Size: 1584px × 1577px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookideyeinjuriestheir00rams
