Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to call the attention of the general physician to the problems involved in eye injuries in children, to give briefly the generally accepted methods of their management, and to emphasize that the prevention of ocular injury is much more profitable than the treatment. When compared to all types of injuries sustained by children, eye injuries are not very common. However, the fact that eye injuries are commoner in children than in the general population was shown by a recent study, which revealed that children up to 9 years of age account for over 20% of all the serious eye injuries. 1 Since accidents of various kinds cause about 50% of all blindness in one eye and about 20% of all blindness in both eyes, 2 proper and early treatment and prevention of injuries are extremely important. Because of the delicacy and peculiarities of ocular
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