Transactions of the Medical Society of the State of North Carolina [serial] . Fig. S.—Insertion of the sutures: a shows the needle being inserted above the cross-bar from the front; h, the needle being carried back to the front through a slot pt theback of the instrument near the upper edge of the muscle; c, the sutures tied inposition. the child will continue to squint ninety-nine times in a hundred. Thetreatment has started too late and has ended too soon. As time goes on the child becomes conscious of the fact that hiscrossed eyes make him conspicuous; he becomes sensitive as to hisdeformit
Transactions of the Medical Society of the State of North Carolina [serial] . Fig. S.—Insertion of the sutures: a shows the needle being inserted above the cross-bar from the front; h, the needle being carried back to the front through a slot pt theback of the instrument near the upper edge of the muscle; c, the sutures tied inposition. the child will continue to squint ninety-nine times in a hundred. Thetreatment has started too late and has ended too soon. As time goes on the child becomes conscious of the fact that hiscrossed eyes make him conspicuous; he becomes sensitive as to hisdeformity and develops a sort of inferiority complex. Perhaps this isthe reason so few thus afflicted enter the professions. Certainly thesechildren are the mental equals of other children and it is the duty of themedical profession to retrieve them insofar as possible. It is imperative that these cases be reached early in life. To do thisit is necessary to enlist the interest and cooperation of the family physi-cian. Squint is a condition in which the visual axis of one of the
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