. Transactions . normal. Left eye.—1here was a very slight nnicous globe showed a complete anterior staphyloma, pro-jecting half an inch beyond the lids. No ; irisadherent to pseudo-cornea, which was very thin andalmost transparent. The ])u])il could be made cnit, and theiris tissue was most stretched in the lower part, where itgave somewhat the .appearance of a C()lo])onm. Carifulexamination showed striations of pigment over this area. Bacteriolor/ical examination.—Films fi-om the con-junctiva showed cocci, positivi to (Jram ; culture showed^Staphylococcus aUnis. The eye was
. Transactions . normal. Left eye.—1here was a very slight nnicous globe showed a complete anterior staphyloma, pro-jecting half an inch beyond the lids. No ; irisadherent to pseudo-cornea, which was very thin andalmost transparent. The ])u])il could be made cnit, and theiris tissue was most stretched in the lower part, where itgave somewhat the .appearance of a C()lo])onm. Carifulexamination showed striations of pigment over this area. Bacteriolor/ical examination.—Films fi-om the con-junctiva showed cocci, positivi to (Jram ; culture showed^Staphylococcus aUnis. The eye was excised the same d;iy. It was sonuwhathour-glass shaped. Antero-posterior diameter, 22 nnu. ;transverse and vertical, 12 mm. The auti^ioi* sta])hylonKimeasured 10 nun. from anterior |)ole to groove on sclerotic. 48 DISEASES OF THE CORNEA. The eye was hardened in 10 per cent, formol, anddivided in a sagittal direction to the outer side of thenerve. Macroscopic examination.—There was a large anterior Fig. Photograph of outer portion of eye. Slightly magnified. staphyloma forming rather more than a hemisphere. Theanterior part was extremely thin, composed of iris, coveredby a transparent membrane. The sides were thicker andopaque, consisting of cornea, lined by iris, which wascompletely adherent. The posterior chamber containedmasses of yellow inflammatory material. The lens was Fig. 7.
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