On squinting, paralytic affections of the eye, and certain forms of impaired vision / by Carsten Holthouse.

  • Holthouse, Carsten, 1810-1890.
Date:
1858
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Credit: On squinting, paralytic affections of the eye, and certain forms of impaired vision / by Carsten Holthouse. 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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    midway between the two canthi. The knife was with some difficulty passed beneath the internal rectus and the muscle divided ; it was exceedingly tough, and its division failed to remove the de- formity. The conjunctiva and fascia beneath were therefore freely divided, and presented scarcely less resistance than the muscle. When this was done, the cornea was pulled into a central position and so remained, the external rectus having lost all power of everting the eye. 4-th.—The eye still occupies a central position, and the father of the child is much pleased with the result. The external rectus has no more power over the eye than it had yesterday. He can now read without difficulty the type he could only decipher yesterday by help of a powerful lens, and the vision of the right eye has much improved. This patient had been under the care of an ophthalmic surgeon at a large hospital, who had declined to operate. Oct. 24th, 1857.—I saw this patient to-day. The eye remains straight; hut owing to the width between the lids at the inner canthus, and the retraction of the caruncle, it looks rather fuller than the other, and the boy’s mother considers it