Haemosiderosis bulbi is a degenerative condition of the eye bulb caused by the toxic effects of an intracellular accumulation of haemosiderin. Haemosiderin is a product of the decomposition of haemoglobin. The most common and severe damage takes place in the epithelial cells of the eye tissues. Haemosiderosis bulbi is a complication of the long existing haemophthalmus, the intravitreal bleeding...

1) Studies were made of the accessory abducens nucleus and its relationship to the extraocular muscles besides the retractor bulbi muscles in the rat. 2) All the extraocular muscles had nerve fiber connections from the accessory abducens nucleus besides the retractor bulbi muscles. 3) The relationship between the accessory facial nucleus and accessory abducens nucleus was investigated. The acce...

2nd Batt2nd Goorkha Rifles. -UURING iny service as medical officer with the 2-2 Goorkha Rides, my attention has been fixed 011 the fact that the men of the regiment sufieiec inordinately, as compared to the men of t ie previous regiments of other nationalities I hat liad experience of, from certain diseases, lliese were ophthalmia, phthisis, measles and mumps. Shortly after joining my regiment,...

The contagiousness of tuberculosis is a subject of peculiar interest to the medical profession of this district, inas-much as it was here that our late colleague, Dr. Wm. Budd, startled the profession by announcing his belief that phthisis would be found to be contagious. The grounds of his belief were as follows:?* (a) Considerations based on the pathology of phthisis, as showing it to consist...

BACKGROUND/AIM Eye enucleation is one of the oldest surgical procedures. The aim of the study was to determine the causes of enucleation as seen in a major reference eye center in Serbia. METHODS Retrospective case series involving a review of all enucleation procedures performed in the period between January 2000 and December 2008 at the Institute for Eye Diseases, Clinical Center of Serbia,...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate demographic characteristics and clinical outcomes of work-related open globe injuries in the most industrialized region of Turkey. MATERIALS AND METHODS The demographic and medical records of patients with work-related open globe injuries who presented to the ophthalmology or emergency departments with an official occupational accident report were retrospectively review...