Abstract
Injuries from electricity are becoming more and more common, as its use extends in all directions. The eyes are often implicated in these injuries, and give a peculiar train of symptoms, which are more or less characteristic. Many names have been given to this condition, but the best seems to be that used by Ljubinski 1 , Ophthalmia photo-electrica. We may look upon this subject as presenting two points of interest to the physician: The prevention of these injuries as far as possible, and their relief when they occur. I shall not discuss the question of the ordinary use of electric light and its effect on the eyes, but only such cases as have been exposed to more or less intense action of the light, and where the symptoms are so striking that there is no question as to the cause. Such cases are found among electric workers, or spectators at
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