A Case of a Perforating Injury of the Eye from a Foreign Body, at the Clinic of Wiedenkrankenhaus, Vienna

day, however, the ophthalmoscopic picture was substantially altered. At the former site of the foreign body there was now only a fine hazy spot of exudate, the foreign body was now further forward in the eye, and could be seen to move in response to the magnet to nasal and temporal sides in turn. Two further days were spent in attempts at extraction by the electro-magnet, but without success. Finally, an incision was made a little below the limbus,through the conjunctiva and sclera, and the point of the magnet introduced into the eye. The foreign body immediately sprang to the magnet, and was withdrawn without loss of vitreous.