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ROBERT L. SMITH, B.A.; R. M. FASANELLA, M.D.; E. ROSENTHAL, M.D.; T. E. HOFFMAN

AMA Arch Ophthalmol. 1954;52(4):545-549.

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THE INITIAL INSIGHT

THE INITIAL insight from which this study proceeds arises from the case of L. S., a 38-year-old man whose left eye was accidentally penetrated by a carpet tack, with subsequent formation of a traumatic cataract. His injured eye was treated from the day of injury with 2 drops of 2.5% cortisone every two hours, and cortisone ointment 1.5% at bedtime, along with the usual adjuncts: atropine drops 1% twice a day, phenylephrine (Neo-Synephrine) drops three times a day, and sodium sulfacetamide ointment 10% at bedtime. For the first six days he received, in addition, sodium sulfacetamide drops locally and 300,000 units of procaine penicillin G daily. During the first 25 days of conservative treatment the eye became quiet, in spite of the presence of a considerable number of particles of lens matter in the anterior chamber, and the tension of the eye remained within normal limits. However, . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
NEW HAVEN, CONN.

From the Section of Ophthalmology, Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine.

Footnotes
This study was made possible by a grant from the Yale Medical Fluid Research Fund.

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