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Government Ophthalmic Hospital Madras Report for 1924.
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that they will become scarce, as the number of trained ophthalmologists in terested in ophthalmic literature in creases. The series averages more im portant papers relating to ophthal mology, more papers of interest and significance in the history of the spe cialty, than any other series of volumes that have been produced in America; and this twenty-third volume well sus tains this claim to importance. It has been the policy of the Society to choose, for its limited membership, those who had demonstrated by their published work that they were likely to contribute papers of value to its transactions. In this volume, the contents are: Lists of Officers and Council, former Presidents, Members and those who had died during the preceding year. Under Necrology are biographic no tices of: William S. Dennett, who worked out the first electric ophthal moscope and suggested the centrad as a unit to designate the refractive power of prisms; Frederick E. Cheyney, for many years Surgeon and Chief of Staff of the Massachusetts Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary; and Dwight W. Hunter, long closely associated in practice and teaching with the late Henry D. Noyes. The minutes of the Annual Meeting occupy 15 pages. Then come 20 papers read and discussed be fore the meeting, and 5 theses sub mitted by accepted candidates for membership. These papers and theses are listed under their appropriate head ings in Current Literature. They con tain many things that should be brought to the attention of the readers and so small a part of our readers will become acquainted with them in the original, that we shall draw upon them for our abstract department. E. J. Government Ophthalmic Hospital Madras Report for 1924. Major R. E. Wright, I.M.S., Supt. Paper, quarto, 26 pages, 3 plates with 17 ills., Madras. Govern ment Press, 1925. The scientific observations recorded in this report deserve to be more widely known among ophthalmolo gists. We shall draw on it rather freely for our abstract department, The 3,951 indoor patients and the 23,-
430 outdoor patients include a very large number of rare and interesting cases. Their statistics deserve careful consideration, for the results obtained by various methods of treatment. The cataract extractions numbered 1,493, of which 1,237 were done with capsulotomy, 44 as simple extractions, 688 with complete iridectomy and 505 with peripheral iridectomy. Over 90 per cent were "successes;" V. = 1/6 or better, and 6 were failures. Of 103' ex tractions in the capsule, 61 obtained vision of 1/6 or better and 12 are put down as failures, V. less than hand movements. There were 66 lacera tions of opaque capsule. Of the glaucoma cases, 112 under went trephining. Only one of these was an early case without impaired vision. In 25, vision and tension were improved. In 75, tension only was im proved. In 11, there was no improve ment. There were 51 eyeballs re moved for glaucoma and 93 eviscerations. There were 136 iridectomies done, apart from 188 for artificial pupil. Herbert's operation for glaucoma was done 13 times. A series of 73 cases of corneal ul cer were examined for the pneumococcus. Of these 28 were positive and 47 negative. Among those that proved positive, 1 belonged to type I, 2 to type II and 22 to type IV. Of the different kinds of conjunctivitis, that due to the Koch-Weeks bacillus takes the lead with 1,916 cases. Angular conjunc tivitis (diplobacillus) 412 cases. Phylctenular conjunctivitis 703. Tra choma 803 and follicular conjunctivitis 127. A notice on the cover indicates that this publication may be obtained thru any bookseller; or direct from the office of the High Commissioner for India, 42 Grosvenor Gardens, London, S. W. 1. E. J. Swanzy's Handbook of the Diseases of the Eye and Their Treatment edited by Louis Werner, M.B., F.R.C.S.I., Sen. Mod. Univ. Dub. of Dublin, Ireland. Thirteenth Edition. With illustrations. Pub lished by P. Blakiston's Son & Co., 1012 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. "Swanzy's Handbook" came out forty years ago, and it has now reached
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that they will become scarce, as the number of trained ophthalmologists in terested in ophthalmic literature in creases. The series averages more im portant papers relating to ophthal mology, more papers of interest and significance in the history of the spe cialty, than any other series of volumes that have been produced in America; and this twenty-third volume well sus tains this claim to importance. It has been the policy of the Society to choose, for its limited membership, those who had demonstrated by their published work that they were likely to contribute papers of value to its transactions. In this volume, the contents are: Lists of Officers and Council, former Presidents, Members and those who had died during the preceding year. Under Necrology are biographic no tices of: William S. Dennett, who worked out the first electric ophthal moscope and suggested the centrad as a unit to designate the refractive power of prisms; Frederick E. Cheyney, for many years Surgeon and Chief of Staff of the Massachusetts Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary; and Dwight W. Hunter, long closely associated in practice and teaching with the late Henry D. Noyes. The minutes of the Annual Meeting occupy 15 pages. Then come 20 papers read and discussed be fore the meeting, and 5 theses sub mitted by accepted candidates for membership. These papers and theses are listed under their appropriate head ings in Current Literature. They con tain many things that should be brought to the attention of the readers and so small a part of our readers will become acquainted with them in the original, that we shall draw upon them for our abstract department. E. J. Government Ophthalmic Hospital Madras Report for 1924. Major R. E. Wright, I.M.S., Supt. Paper, quarto, 26 pages, 3 plates with 17 ills., Madras. Govern ment Press, 1925. The scientific observations recorded in this report deserve to be more widely known among ophthalmolo gists. We shall draw on it rather freely for our abstract department, The 3,951 indoor patients and the 23,-
430 outdoor patients include a very large number of rare and interesting cases. Their statistics deserve careful consideration, for the results obtained by various methods of treatment. The cataract extractions numbered 1,493, of which 1,237 were done with capsulotomy, 44 as simple extractions, 688 with complete iridectomy and 505 with peripheral iridectomy. Over 90 per cent were "successes;" V. = 1/6 or better, and 6 were failures. Of 103' ex tractions in the capsule, 61 obtained vision of 1/6 or better and 12 are put down as failures, V. less than hand movements. There were 66 lacera tions of opaque capsule. Of the glaucoma cases, 112 under went trephining. Only one of these was an early case without impaired vision. In 25, vision and tension were improved. In 75, tension only was im proved. In 11, there was no improve ment. There were 51 eyeballs re moved for glaucoma and 93 eviscerations. There were 136 iridectomies done, apart from 188 for artificial pupil. Herbert's operation for glaucoma was done 13 times. A series of 73 cases of corneal ul cer were examined for the pneumococcus. Of these 28 were positive and 47 negative. Among those that proved positive, 1 belonged to type I, 2 to type II and 22 to type IV. Of the different kinds of conjunctivitis, that due to the Koch-Weeks bacillus takes the lead with 1,916 cases. Angular conjunc tivitis (diplobacillus) 412 cases. Phylctenular conjunctivitis 703. Tra choma 803 and follicular conjunctivitis 127. A notice on the cover indicates that this publication may be obtained thru any bookseller; or direct from the office of the High Commissioner for India, 42 Grosvenor Gardens, London, S. W. 1. E. J. Swanzy's Handbook of the Diseases of the Eye and Their Treatment edited by Louis Werner, M.B., F.R.C.S.I., Sen. Mod. Univ. Dub. of Dublin, Ireland. Thirteenth Edition. With illustrations. Pub lished by P. Blakiston's Son & Co., 1012 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. "Swanzy's Handbook" came out forty years ago, and it has now reached