Practical remarks on the new operation for the cure of strabismus or squinting / by Edward W. Duffin.

  • Duffin, Edward W.
Date:
1840
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    Since its introduction into this country, Dieffenbach's operation has undergone several improvements, the most important of which is certainly that suggested by Mr. Bennet Lucas, who much facilitated its performance, by recom- mending the use of a blunt hook for the purpose of raising the tendon previous to cutting it across. He, at the same time, also rendered it much more safe, by abolishing the employment of the sharp hook as a means of fixing the eye-ball. Other modes of operating have been adopted by different surgeons, some of which, as will presently appear, deserve a preference under particular circum- stances ; though, as a general plan, I consider that which originated with Mr. Lucas to be infinitely the best in every respect. The treatment of strabismus by surgical means being a novelty, we cannot expect every prac- titioner at once to sanction it; and even were all disposed to admit its claims to rank as an im- provement in modern surgery, it would be injudicious to do so unhesitatingly, till a sufficient time shall have elapsed to establish its true merit to be considered as a permanent and harmless cure. A very important objection, however—one that has emanated from a high authority in ophthalmic surgery — has thus far proved to be chimerical; or, at all events, to have no foundation as a general rule. On the supposition that an obliquity in the axes of the eyes may often be an expedient established by nature, in order to remedy a
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