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REPORT OF THE MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL.
TABLE No. IX.
Return of Cataract Operations (linear method of extraction) from January to December 1871.
ADMISSIONS. | CURED. | RELIEVED. | UNRELIEVED. | |||||||||||||
Cataract cortical. |
Cataract hard. |
Cataract soft. |
Total. | Cataract cortical. |
Cataract hard. |
Cataract soft. |
Total. | Cataract cortical. |
Cataract hard. |
Total. | Cataract cortical. |
Cataract soft. |
Total. | |||
January | 10 | ... | ... | 10 | 10 | ... | ... | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
February | 10 | ... | ... | 10 | 6 | ... | ... | 6 | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | 3 | ||
March | 9 | ... | ... | 9 | 7 | ... | ... | 7 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ||
April | 9 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 7 | ... | 3 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ||
May | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ||
June | 11 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 2 | ||
July | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ||
August | 4 | .. | 2 | 6 | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
September | 7 | ... | 1 | 8 | 3 | ... | 1 | 4 | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | 3 | ||
October | 4 | ... | ... | 4 | 3 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ||
November | 13 | 2 | ... | 15 | 12 | 2 | ... | 14 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ||
December | 8 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 14 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ||
Total | 95 | 12 | 17 | 124 | 72 | 10 | 15 | 97 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 15 |
CAUSES OF FAILURE. | Age. | Sex. | REMARKS. | ||||||||
Sloughing of cornea | 5 cases | From 25 to 30 years | 2 | All the cases were operated upon under the influence of chloroform. |
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Formation of abscess of the globe | 2 „ | „ 30 to 40 „ | 15 | Male | 96 | ||||||
Complete closure of the pupil with atrophy of the eyeball |
3 „ | „ 40 to 50 „ | 48 | Female | 28 | ||||||
Complete closure of the pupil | 3 „ | „ 50 to 60 „ | 38 | No vomitting in 120 cases.— Only 4 cases vomited during or after the oper- ation. |
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Prolapse of the iris | 1 case | „ 60 to 70 „ | 13 | Total | 124 | ||||||
Secondary iritis and closure of the pupil by false membrane |
1 „ | „ 70 to 80 „ | 8 | ||||||||
Total | 15 cases. | Total No. | 124 |
C. MACNAMARA,
Supdt., Eye Infirmary.
CALCUTTA,
OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL,
The 26th February 1872.