Ophthalmic and otic memoranda / By D.B.St. John Roosa ... and Edward T. Ely.

  • Ely, Edward T. (Edward Talbot), 1850-1885
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[1885]
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    or pedicle. Best treatment is to exciye portion of iris to which cyst is attached. Congenital Defects comprise Iridercemia [Gr. ipts and epij/xos, wanting] or absence of iris : coloboma [Gr. KoXojSoofia, mntilation\ or cleft iris : corectopia [Gr. Koprj, pupiland e<To- nos, out of place], or eccentric position of pu- pil : and polycoria [Gr. noXvs, many, and Kopr)r pupil], or multiple pupil, (p. 247.) CHOROID. Rupture of the Choroid may result from blows upon eye, with or without lacera- tion of other tunics. Accident generally followed by hemorrhage and inflammation, with corresponding impairment of vision. Blood may be confined to choroidal stroma itself, or penetrate between it and sclerotic or retina, or into vitreous humor. Choroidal hemorrhages seen with ophthalmoscope appear as uniform red patches, lacking striation and feathery edges of extravasations into fibre- layer of retina. Sometimes retinal vessels may be seen running over them. Rupture, if seen at all, appears as pale, irregular streak, with dark edges, from pigment and extrava- sated blood, In some cases, blood is ab- sorbed, wound heals and good recovery re- sults. Treatment consists in keeping eye quiet and promoting absorption of blood by