Additional notes on diabetic cataract / by John F. France.
- France, John Frederick, 1818-1900.
- Date:
- [1860?]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Additional notes on diabetic cataract / by John F. France. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![“ I have in three instances seen lenticular cataract attack women of from eighteen to twenty-five, labouring under diabetes mellitus. I have also met with the same complication in males at a later period of life.” Hence it is apparent that this eminent surgeon has encountered at least 5 cases. Dr. Duncan’s remark, he has informed me, was grounded on personal observation ; for, by a curious coincidence, he had met with diabetes associated with cataract in 3 cases simul- taneously. My own contribution already referred to, comprised a nar- ration of 4 cases. Mr. H. Walton has given1 an interesting account of 1 case. Mr. Wilde, of Dublin, though unable to recognise any con- nection between diabetes and cataract, has seen the compli- cation2 in at least 2 cases. [His -words are : “ I have seen patients labouring under diabetes, where cataract also existed ;” and again, “ certainly, cataract operations in diabetic cases are by no means favorable”—language which implies a degree of familiarity with such cases.] Mr. Yeasey, of Woburn, kindly enabled me to quote in detail3 from his practice, 1 case. Dr. John Sloane, of Leicester, has obligingly directed my attention to his record4 of 1 case. The patient, a young woman, had cataract form in both eyes in the course of diabetes, of which she ultimately died. The character of the cataracts was not especially noted ; no operation was performed. Dr. W. Newman, of Fulbeck, Grantham, has most kindly communicated some particulars of 2 casesf “ which,” he observes in his letter to me, “ so far as my brief notes go, corroborate your description of the affection.” .... “Thomas S—, set. 17, admitted (into the Salop Infirmary), April 14, 1855, discharged incurable, June 2d; had had diabetes nearly two years, passing from twelve to sixteen pints of urine per diem. Cataract in both eyes far advanced ; 1 1 Med. Times and Gazette,’ Nov. 12, 1859. 2 Ibid., Dec. 3, 1859. 3 Ibid., Dec. 17, 1859. 4 In the ‘ British Medical Journal ’ for 1858, p. 425.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22436443_0005.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
