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Joseph Levine, M.D.

Arch Ophthal. 1934;12(6):912-913.

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For years ophthalmologists have recognized and emphasized the fact that different kinds of steel have varying properties, which is of prime interest when intra-ocular foreign bodies of steel are encountered. The type of steel, in addition to the situation of the foreign body in the globe, undoubtedly plays a part in the development of siderosis.

Furthermore, many oculists believe that the composition of the steel foreign body in the eye determines the ease with which it can be removed by the magnet. To illustrate the latter point, the chemical composition of the different forms of steel commonly used is shown in the following tabulation obtained from the United States Steel Corporation and its subsidiaries :

Specimen A.: Low carbon steel plate, used for car plates (from 0.15 to 0.25 per cent carbon plain steel).

Specimen B: High manganese steel, used for street railway track work (from 0.95 to 1.40 per . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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