...iridectomy. Assuming that the tension in primary glaucoma, however it may arise, is kept up by the apposition of the root of the iris to the posterior surface of the cornea and a consequent blocking of the filtration angle, Collins infers that an iridectomy may 'remedy the...

...iridectomy. Assuming that the tension in primary glaucoma, however it may arise, is kept up by the apposition of the root of the iris to the posterior surface of the cornea and a consequent blocking of the filtration angle, Collins infers that an iridectomy may remedy the...

...appreciated, and also the condition of its angle, which may be narrowed by the approximation or adhesion of the root of the iris to the posterior surface of the cornea. 523 tions these two structures often become separated and what is called the "posterior chamber" formed....

...appears to be a frequent complication of the operation. A fifth, but unimportant obstruction is the union of the root of the iris to the posterior surface of the cornea. This may lead to the production of an iridodialysis, but it will not have any sequelae. Two complications...

...Miliary Tuberculosis in an Adult (p. 101). FIG. 3.—Showing a congenital anterior synechia passing from the root of the iris to the posterior surface of the cornea. Fio. 4.—Showing the origin of the anterior synechia to be probably a portal vessel. • <***v. :...

...the first. The primary form is manifest in two types, the simple chronic, and the inflammatory—and these forms, especially the former, we shall consider....chamber and the adhesions of the root of the iris to the posterior-surface of the cornea, the abrupt bending of the nerve fibres and their atrophy, the backward...

...to lie a frequent complication of the operation. A fifth, but unimportant obstruction is the union of the root of the iris to the posterior surface of the cornea. This may lead to the production of an iridodialysis, but it will not have any sequelae. Two complications...