The St. Louis Clinique Volume 18, No. 12 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 Excerpt: ...the transplantation on the lidsurface of skin-Haps from the cheek or temple, or Wolfe flaps, or grafting rabbit's conjunctiva or mucous membrane from the mouth, ophthalmic surgeons have employed Thiersch grafts with a fair measure of success. Such grafts form an ideal tissue for lining the wound surfaces of eyelid and eyeball in cases of symblepharon, and they form the most suitable means of restoring space for the artificial eye in cases of cicatricial orbit. The reports of Hotz2, Morton3, May4, Axenfeld6, Lindstroem6, Natanson7. and Woodruff," whose cases have been published, and my unpublished ones, show admirable results. Since the same principles apply in cicatricial orbit, I feel that such cases are now legitimate ones for surgical treatment. Weeks9 has recently reported cases successfully operated by sewing Wolfe flaps to the periosteum of the orbital margin. This is a very tedious and complicated procedure. After the Hap has been anchored, a suitable plate is placed in the cul-de-sac, and is kept there until the time arrives for the insertion of the artificial eye. REFERENCES. 1. Czermak: Augenaerztlichen Oprationen, page 291, 1893-1904. 2. Hotz: Annals of Ophthalmology, 1893; Ophthalmic Record. 1899; Chicago Medical Journal, 1901. 3. Morton: Ophthalmic Record, 1898. 4. May: Archives of Ophthalmology, 1899; Archives of Ophthalmology, 1901..." Axenfeld: Klinisehe Monatsblaetter, 1900. 6. Lindstroem: Mittheilungcti aus der Augenklinik in Stockholm'. 1902. 7. Natanson: Klinisehe Monatsblaetter, 1904. "8. Woodruff: Annals of Ophthalmology, 1903. 9. Weeks: Transactions Tenth International Congress of Ophthalmology, Lucerne, 1904. 3509 Franklin Ave. Medical Fads. By C. M. DEWEV. M. D.. Keytesville, Mo. Fads in medicine are delusions in regar...