The toxic amblyopias: their classification, history, symptoms, pathology, and treatment . Fields of vision taken about one month after those represented in Fig. 10. One point of interest in this case evidently is whetheror not it should be regarded as a case of toxic amblyopia. Fig. Diagrams illustrating a later stage of the progress of the disease. Com-pare with Fig. 11. There was absolutely nothing in the young mans historyto account for optic nerve atrophy except the abuse of AMBLYOPIA FROM ALCOHOL. 39 liquor and tobacco, although the condition was practi-cally non-responsive to treatm
The toxic amblyopias: their classification, history, symptoms, pathology, and treatment . Fields of vision taken about one month after those represented in Fig. 10. One point of interest in this case evidently is whetheror not it should be regarded as a case of toxic amblyopia. Fig. Diagrams illustrating a later stage of the progress of the disease. Com-pare with Fig. 11. There was absolutely nothing in the young mans historyto account for optic nerve atrophy except the abuse of AMBLYOPIA FROM ALCOHOL. 39 liquor and tobacco, although the condition was practi-cally non-responsive to treatment. Another point ofinterest is that the remedies employed to improve theslate of the optic nerve were ineffectual, namely, iodideof potassium, mercury, very large doses of strychninesweats, etc., but that galvanism, although there wasa progressive contraction of the visual field, appears tohave limited the extension of the central defect, andstill more interesting is the fact that the eye which inthe beginning; seemed to be the more affected at theclose of treatment appeared to be the one which wasregaining1 some sight. It is possible that this case should be relegated tothose which have been denominated scotomatous oj)tic-nerve atrophy, a disease which occurs in young men be-t
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