Abstract
To the Editor: —The report inThe Journal, November 8, by Dr. Abraham Shedlov, of a case of reattachment of a ruptured iris recalls a recent case in my practice. September 21, J. B., aged 19, presented himself at the office with the statement that he had been hit a few minutes previously on the left eye by the blunt end of an arrow. Examination showed a rupture of the bulbar conjunctiva, several small bruises on the cornea, a partially dilated, elliptic pupil, a 4 millimeter detachment of the iris at the inferior nasal quadrant, and an extensive intra-ocular hemorrhage. Vision was nil. Under atropin and antiseptic treatment, the external injuries healed readily, and in six days the iris had become reattached. The vision at this time was counting fingers at one foot, but the hemorrhage was not sufficiently absorbed to allow any view of the fundus. The patient failed
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