Dr W. J. Bates presented a case of removal of the lens for myopia. He obtained vision 20/40 without an astigmatic glass, whereas before there had been a high degree of compound myopic astigmatism.
Dr Arnold Knapp showed a case of exophthalmos in a man, 49 years of age, who had received a blow over the left brow about 6 weeks before the eye began to protrude.
Dr Weeks, Dr Holden, and others discovered on auscultation a distinct bruit, synchronous with the heart-beat. The bruit could only be heard over a small area in the region of the external lateral ligament. The diagnosis of an arterio-venous aneurysm was thus assured.
Dr Knapp showed a case in which a bit of steel had been removed from the interior of the eye. The steel had passed through the edge of the cornea; the lens and iris were uninjured. The retina was lacerated . . . [Full Text of this Article]
