Eye injuries and their treatment . E Injuries and their TreatmentA Maitlano Ramsay, M, D James MacLehose & Sons,Publishers, Glasgow DEGENERATIVE CHANGES 99 but should the patient (as is sometimes the case)refuse to allow the eye to be removed, there will berecurrent attacks of inflammation, accompanied fre-quently by much suffering, and lasting for many they subside, the stump, now shrunken to a verysmall size, may remain quiescent for years; but as longas it remains it is, as a rule, unwise for the patient towear an artificial eye, because the pro thesis may causeirritation suffi
Eye injuries and their treatment . E Injuries and their TreatmentA Maitlano Ramsay, M, D James MacLehose & Sons,Publishers, Glasgow DEGENERATIVE CHANGES 99 but should the patient (as is sometimes the case)refuse to allow the eye to be removed, there will berecurrent attacks of inflammation, accompanied fre-quently by much suffering, and lasting for many they subside, the stump, now shrunken to a verysmall size, may remain quiescent for years; but as longas it remains it is, as a rule, unwise for the patient towear an artificial eye, because the pro thesis may causeirritation sufficient to precipitate the onset of sympa-thetic mischief. These shrunken globes are alwaysthe seat of constant pathological changes; deposits oflime take place in the ciliary body and lens, and thechoroid gradually becomes converted into a shell ofbone. (Plate XXII., Fig. 3.) Distention of the eyeball, which is more likely tofollow a punctured than an incised or a lacerated wound,is due to general inflammation of the uveal trac
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