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Price, 10 piasters. Pp. 42. Cairo: Government Press, 1934.

Arnold Knapp, Reviewer

Arch Ophthal. 1934;12(3):462.

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During 1932, three additional ophthalmic branches were opened, making the total number of ophthalmic units fifty-two. During this year there were 714,551 new patients and 23,128 inpatients, and 242,365 operations were performed. In 80 per cent of the cases the cause of blindness was acute ophthalmia, and the gonococcus was still the predominant factor of infection in this disease. Ophthalmic examinations were carried on in thirty-two government primary schools. Here 10,618 pupils were examined, 97 per cent of whom were found to be suffering from trachoma in various stages. The examinations were facilitated by examining the conjunctiva with the Zeiss magnifier ; thus the fine follicles of trachoma could be detected. In April 1932, twenty-two medical officers received postgraduate instruction in ophthalmology.

The major operations consisted in: 1,518 for senile cataract, 362 for soft cataract and 73,907 for trichiasis or entropion. Other operations numbered 20,270. A classified list . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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