Eye injuries and their treatment . f lURIES AND THEIR TREATMENT Maitland Ramsay, M D James MacLehose & SonsPublishers, Glasgow SUPERFICIAL INJURIES 17 Some time ago I saw a patient whose right corneahad over its surface a white cloud that seriously affectedits transparency and dimmed the sight so greatly thatfingers could not be counted when held more thanthree or four feet away from the eye. The man toldme that three months before, as he was entering aroom in which he kept a pet canary, the bird flew tomeet him and accidentally struck his right eye withits claw or beak. It is not certain whet
Eye injuries and their treatment . f lURIES AND THEIR TREATMENT Maitland Ramsay, M D James MacLehose & SonsPublishers, Glasgow SUPERFICIAL INJURIES 17 Some time ago I saw a patient whose right corneahad over its surface a white cloud that seriously affectedits transparency and dimmed the sight so greatly thatfingers could not be counted when held more thanthree or four feet away from the eye. The man toldme that three months before, as he was entering aroom in which he kept a pet canary, the bird flew tomeet him and accidentally struck his right eye withits claw or beak. It is not certain whether the corneawas actually scratched at the time of the accident; butthere was a minute cut at the margin of the upper lid,and an eyelash had been driven into the wound insuch a way that with every act of winking it rubbedagainst the cornea. The irritation thus produced occa-sioned intense suffering, and as the cause of it hadbeen overlooked, and only momentary relief wasobtained from the use of the remedies prescribed, thepat
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