On a rare form of primary opacity (Transverse calcareous film) of the cornea / by Edward Nettleship.

  • Nettleship, Edward, 1845-1913.
Date:
[1881?]
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Credit: On a rare form of primary opacity (Transverse calcareous film) of the cornea / by Edward Nettleship. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A Mr Bowman The material consisted, besides portions of and Mr. Bowman, i ^^^^ ^^^^^d healthy epithehum, of small ^ te t i refracting ,y a layer, or ^/^^o m ' sho^tc. roi, but often granules sometn.es n the form ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ,een endw.se ^^^l^^^f^J^^^, dissolved quickly with effer- dumb-bel shaped. ^he gran ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ vescence in weak nitric acid, and siow y VI r^virtlv as in Mr. Bowman s case). Atter me <i tanc acid (exactly as m i ^^^^ ^^.^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ , the acids, the position of eacn g ^enresenting either an 1 f ^nrrpq-nondine size and shape, represeuLiUo mark of ^^^P^^^^'f depression on the epithelium mto which which Lmed to consist of ^„ie., i. was noted magnified. . /T^„„orv 1878) the condition was Four months after —^^^^^^^^^ sharply defined the same ; the space ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^f^^^y appearing at first sight (Fig i), and the cornea exposed ^bereDj app 5 ^ ^ ^ ; v<.v.t- hut when examined by tocai ugn perfectly '^^^-^^^X^Xl^ll^ slight haziness, apparently super- magnifying glass showmg a very sag fi^^- . .1 . Ten cornea which was touched with acid The opacity on ^^^^^J^^ same both in color, density three months ago, looked exacuy accordingly scraped and size, as before the acid — probacy below off a part opposite the low r part of the p P ^j^^^. the spot to which the ^^^^^^::t;L this eye. uary 9th) too soon to tell the ettect b characters The chips from this eye Specimen, however, as described in the right eye. n the pre P ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ it was evident that many, 1 ^^'^^^^^^^^ .^..^es had so been confluent, and that ^'^^^/^^^^^^ chips were broken up, formed. Here and there f^^^^l^^^ , ./..re found. The separate rounded crystals °^ probably network arrangement ^ ,°^!^ ^^^.anules varied in size from because the f^lm was too thick. The g a ^p.