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Identifier: transactions08opht (find matches)
Title: Transactions
Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Ophthalmological Society of the United Kingdom
Subjects: Ophthalmology
Publisher: London J. & A. Churchill
Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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little more than mere perception oflight. The quantity of albumen amounted to about onesixth. An abortion occurred, and delivery was safelyeffected. And here is the other drawing by the same * * Arcliiv f. Augenheilk., xii, i, p. 8y. DESCRIPTION OF PLATE II. Illustrating Mr. Powers Bowman Lecture. From drawingsby Miss Boole. Fig. 1.—The appearances present.ed by the left eye of Mrs. ODell, taken25th November, 1881, in the seventh month of pregnancy. The contour ofthe disc can scarcely he distinguished. The arteries are tortuous, and in someparts of their course obscured by effusion. The veins are greatly distended,varicose, and also much obscured by effusion. There are a few flame-likehaemorrhages, and many irregular-shaped white patches. Fig. 2.—The appearances presented by the same eye, 28th October, 1882,showing that the white patches, haemorrhages, and optic neuritis had almostentirely disappeared, and that the veins had recovered their usual form. Trans OphthSoc Vol VUI.PIII
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KBoolf. del. DamelssonlCoJith. AND PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS OF THE SEXUAL ORGANS. 31 artist, in which but few traces of the former troubles areto be seen (Plate II, figs. 1 and 2). No positive statement can be made as to the ultimateresults of gravidic retinitis. I have seen a case of almostperfect blindness, and also one of almost complete recovery.In some instances, again, gradual and unexpectedimprovement will take place in one eye, whilst the visionof the other undergoes progressive deterioration. Thus,in one case that fell under my care, a woman, agedthirty-three, had been confined of her fourth child fiveweeks previously. All the children were living andhealthy. Two months before her last confinement, whichwas protracted and difficult, requiring the use of instru-ments, her vision became impaired. The dimness affectedboth eyes, and increased till she was unable to see lightwith the right eye. Yet she had no pain in either eye.On examination it was found that the right eye was the

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