Abstract
A case of loss of sight following the therapeutic ingestion of ethylhydrocuprein is reported because of the growing interest in the use of this drug for pneumonia and because so few cases of visual disturbance from its use have been reported. That the drug caused the amaurosis in the following case can hardly be doubted from its resemblance to the classic picture of quinine and ethylhydrocuprein hydrochloride amblyopia so often seen and described. REPORT OF CASE Miss V. S., aged 22, had an unmistakable attack of pneumonia on Jan. 2, 1929. On the third day her physician prescribed tablets of ethylhydrocuprein which, according to his direction, were given in doses of 4 grains (0.26 Gm.) every five hours with a glass of milk during the next three days and nights, or until she had taken 58 grains (3.75 Gm.) in all. During the third night she had a
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