. A treatise on the diseases of the eye. orocular conjunctiva of the patient, securing it in its place by means of thesame needles and sutures, and adding other stitches if necessary. Both eyesare then bandaged. For the first forty-eight hours the conjunctiva has agrayish look, but gradually becomes glistening, and finally assumes a redappearance. If any irritation set in, he. uses warm fomentations. He con-siders quick transplantation, without previous handling of the conjunctivalgraft, very necessary to success.—B.] [ Lancet,- April 8, 1876.—B.] ANCHYLOBLEPHAKON. 197 14.—ANCHYLOBLEPHAKON. By
. A treatise on the diseases of the eye. orocular conjunctiva of the patient, securing it in its place by means of thesame needles and sutures, and adding other stitches if necessary. Both eyesare then bandaged. For the first forty-eight hours the conjunctiva has agrayish look, but gradually becomes glistening, and finally assumes a redappearance. If any irritation set in, he. uses warm fomentations. He con-siders quick transplantation, without previous handling of the conjunctivalgraft, very necessary to success.—B.] [ Lancet,- April 8, 1876.—B.] ANCHYLOBLEPHAKON. 197 14.—ANCHYLOBLEPHAKON. By this is meant a more or less extensive, thin, membranous or cicatricialadhesion of the edges of the eyelids to each other. It frequently coexistswith symblepharon, the same injury having given rise to both these condi-tions. Sometimes the adhesion is confined to the inner angle of the eye,leaving perhaps a small opening through which the tears can escape and aprobe may be passed. [Fig. 74.] Extensive membranous adhesions between. After Lawson.] the edges of the lid are generally congenital. The most frequent causes ofanchyloblepharon are chemical and mechanical injuries, such as burns orscalds from hot iron, molten lead, strong acids, etc. In these cases there isgenerally also symblepharon. Blepharitis, accompanied by ulcerations atthe edge of the lids, may produce it, if the ulcers are situated opposite toeach other on the two lids, and kept for a long time in contact by the eyebeing bandaged (Stellwag). Before an operation is attempted for the cure of anchyloblepharon, thesurgeon should ascertain whether or not symblepharon coexists, and if so,what is its extent, and whether it involves the cornea or not; for if the lidbe widely adherent to the cornea, little or no benefit will accrue from anoperation. If a small opening exists at the nasal side, or if the anchyloble-pharon is but partial, a probe should be passed in underneath the lid, so asto ascertain whether any ad
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