On the pathological examination of three eyes lost from concussion / by E. Treacher Collins.

  • Collins, E. Treacher (Edward Treacher), 1862-1937.
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[1890]
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Credit: On the pathological examination of three eyes lost from concussion / by E. Treacher Collins. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Reprinted from Vol. XII of the ' Ophthalmologioal Society's Transactions.''] On the pathological examination of three eyes lost from concussion. By E. Tkeachbr Collins. The three eyes lost from concussion whicli I wisli to bring before you this evening were all removed from youthful patients, their ages respectively being six, six- teen, and eleven years. Each was injured by a blow from a blunt object, which caused only a slight corneal abrasion externally. In none of them was there any perforating wound. The symptoms presented in all three cases were marked deepening of the anterior chamber, hyphsema, diminution of tension, and deterioration of vision. Case 2 had no perception of light. Cases 1 and 3 could only dis- tinguish hand movement. In Case 1 the pupil was dilated and the iris tremulous ; in Case 2 the pupil was described as irregular ; and in Case 3 the iris had quite disappeared. The lens was seen to be cataractous and displaced up- wards in Cases 1 and 2, its lower margin being visible in the pupil. The interval between the receipt of injury and the removal of the eye was in Case 1 eight days, Case 2 fifteen days, and Case 3 thirteen days. Pathological examination of these eyes revealed a lesion of which I have been unable to find any reference in the text-books on diseases of the eye, or in treatises especially devoted to its injuries. In the first two cases the fibres of the ligamentum pectinatum which pass to the base of the iris had been torn across, and the ciliary muscle was split in its entire circumference, so that the angle of the anterior chamber was prolonged outwards. The split in