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RICHARD C. GAMBLE, M.D.

Arch Ophthal. 1933;10(4):483-497.

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The terms orbital abscess, orbital cellulitis, periostitis and osteomyelitis are used to denote the various types and also the various stages of acute inflammations of the walls and cellular contents of the eye socket. While these names mean much from the standpoint of surgical pathology, it is important that greater attention be paid to the etiologic factors of these inflammations if one is to have a thorough understanding of their various clinical courses and, consequently, be able to manage the treatment in an intelligent manner. Fuchs, in discussing inflammations of the orbit, stated that "treatment must, above all, have regard to the etiological factor." According to the experience of Birch-Hirschfeld, the causes may be listed as follows : (1) direct infection of the retrobulbar tissues from wounds, operations and foreign bodies, (2) inflammation from adjacent parts and (3) embolic conditions. His figures show that 60 per cent of . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
CHICAGO

From the Department of Ophthalmology, Children's Memorial Hospital.

Footnotes
Read before the Indianapolis Ophthalmological and Otolaryngological Society, May 11, 1933.

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