Transactions . infectionpassed through and itself in this somewhat imusual man-ner. Fuchs, it will be remembered, in his cases found that there wasa decrease in the intensity of the corneal lesions from behindforward, and he satisfied himself that the toxin, whatever it mayhave been, was derived from an inflamed iris and acted from *Since this paper was presented the patient has been eye is white and qnict, but there is a circle of white opacitieswithin the cornea. 72 tlie rear. Certainly in this case the iris was thickened, infiltratedand unresponsive to mydriatics, and
Transactions . infectionpassed through and itself in this somewhat imusual man-ner. Fuchs, it will be remembered, in his cases found that there wasa decrease in the intensity of the corneal lesions from behindforward, and he satisfied himself that the toxin, whatever it mayhave been, was derived from an inflamed iris and acted from *Since this paper was presented the patient has been eye is white and qnict, but there is a circle of white opacitieswithin the cornea. 72 tlie rear. Certainly in this case the iris was thickened, infiltratedand unresponsive to mydriatics, and the ciliary injection wassuggestive of a deeper involvement. It was not possible to seethe eyeground with distinctness, and the vitreous changes whichFuchs has described, if they were present, were not detected. An unusual development of the lesions in a case of deepkeratitis was noted in a man, aged 43, who came for treatmentto my clinic in the University Hospital February 24, 1908. Thehistory is as follows:. Fig. 2. Deep keratitis; lines of infiltration due to wrinkling of Bow-mans membrane. The left eye of the patient, an ordinary laborer, becamesore about three weeks prior to his admission. There was noevidence nor history of injury. The vision of the affected eyewas hand movements; the uncorrected vision of the right eye6/22; its retinal vessels showed the early signs of angiosclerosis;otherwise no changes. He probably indulged too freely in theuse of alcohol. He was not a syphilitic subject. The MedicalDispensary reported: Myocarditis, persistent indigestion,ptosis of the liver and stomach; some atrophy of the liver; noalbumin, casts or sugar; moderate indicanuria. 73 Ocular examination revealed pronounced conjunctival andpericorneal injection; iris somewhat discolored, but no iritis; acentral disc of corneal infiltration, with a few delicate lines ofinfiltration apparently rather deeply placed, the overlyingepithelium being slightly roughened; marked tenderness andocula
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