Parker1 in a de Schweinitz Lecture mentioned a patient whom I have seen. She was sent to me so that I might determine whether or not she was eligible for a state pension for blindness.
The clinical and laboratory findings are here recorded.
REPORT OF A CASE
A. T., aged 30, an Italian by birth, was the mother of eight children, seven of whom were living. The youngest was 1 year old and the oldest 13. The patient's father and mother were first cousins.
She was operated on in Hahnemann Hospital Nov. 10, 1938. The diagnosis was endometritis and acute salpingo-oophoritis on the left side.
On Feb. 10, 1939 she noticed on awakening in the morning that the vision of the right eye was very poor and that of the left eye somewhat impaired. There was headache, with a feeling of pressure in the eyes, more noticeable in the
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