Abstract
During the last few years cases of severe, permanent injury due to corneal and conjunctival burns have been reported from all over the country. The burns referred to have been caused by the liquid contained in the small rubber core of certain golf-balls, which have been cut open by curious children. Almost invariably the history is that some child finds an old golf-ball with its covering partly off. He removes the rest of the cover and rubber and then comes to the core ball; this he bounces until it bursts, or punctures it with a knife. The contained fluid spurts out onto his clothing and into his eyes. There are apparently two makes of golf-balls on the market, each containing a different, highly caustic substance. Dr. R. L. Emerson of Boston very kindly analyzed the semifluid mass contained in one of the golf-balls, said to be of similar make to
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