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Arch Ophthalmol. 1999;117:1237.

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Ophthalmic ointments have been, and are, prescribed and used by ocular surgeons throughout the civilized world. By far the most commonly used by the family physician is yellow mercuric oxide. . . . At the Wills Hospital, it was our experience for years to use an ointment containing mercury bichloride (1:3,000) after all cataract operations, merely because we had seen our predecessors use the same technic. . . . The fact that the ointments contain organisms is sufficient proof that pathogenic bacteria may also be present. . . . Our experiments have led us to discontinue the postoperative use of ointments. We get along very well without them.

Reference: Lehrfeld L, Donnelly EJ. Contaminated ophthalmic ointments. Arch Ophthalmol. 1948;40:39,42.

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