Citation

Holmes EL, Park R. The Chicago medical journal and examiner 1882; 45(5): 555-558.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1882)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

37617835

PMCID

PMC9853611

Abstract

A piece of pine wood, thrown with great force from a rapidly revolving circular saw, penetrated the left orbit, through the middle of the lower lid. The local surgeon succeeded in removing only a few splinters.

An examination revealed a small fistulous opening, surrounded with polypoid granulations, in the integument of the lower lid; also a similar growth at the lower portion of the cornea, with 'considerable redness and oedema of the lower part of the ocular conjunctiva. The contracted pupil and cloudiness of the cornea prevented a precise diagnosis of intra-ocular changes. There were slightly diminished tension of the globe, great loss of vision, with some tenderness and swelling of the side of the face, and impediment in the motion of the jaw...

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