infection, not unknown following iridectomy, may
follow the trephine operation, and already some fifteen or sixteen cases
have been reported. But while this possibility is a real danger, which
improved technique may greatly minimize (Col. Elliot has not seen a case
of secondary infection in an experience of over 1200 trephining cases of
his own and a large number of others performed by his assistants and
pupils) the ultimate verdict must rest with results as compared with
other measures. At present, as pointed out by Meller, whose statistics
Dr. Wood has cited, trephining heads the list of remedial measures for
the relief of glaucoma, and it has the advantage of being applicable to
any form of the disease, to be relatively free from danger, either
immediate or remote, and to produce the highest percentage of favorable
results. The addition of an iridectomy in every case of trephining does
not unduly complicate the operation and has much to commend it in
offering the patient every possibility of relief.

INDEX

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ETIOLOGY AND CLASSIFICATION OF GLAUCOMA,
_Edward Jackson, M.D._ 9

ETIOLOGY AND CLASSIFICATION OF GLAUCOMA,
Discussion, _Francis Lane, M.D._ 28

PATHOLOGY OF GLAUCOMA,
_John Elmer Weeks, M.D._ 37

PATHOLOGY OF GLAUCOMA,
Discussion, _E. V. L. Brown, M.D._ 57

CONCERNING NON-SURGICAL MEASURES FOR THE
REDUCTION OF INCREASED INTRA-OCULAR TENSION,
_George Edmund de Schweinitz, M.D._ 61

CONCERNING NON-SURGICAL MEASURES FOR THE
REDUCTION OF INCREASED INTRA-OCULAR TENSION,
Discussion, _Nelson Miles Black, M.D._ 101

TREPHINING FOR GLAUCOMA,
_Robert Henry Elliot, M.D._ 107

TREPHINING FOR GLAUCOMA,
Discussion, _Frank C. Todd, M.D._ 113

OPERATIONS OTHER THAN SCLERAL TREPHINING
FOR THE RELIEF OF GLAUCOMA,
_Casey A. Wood, M.D._ 121

OPERATIONS OTHER THAN SCLERAL TREPHINING
FOR THE RELIEF OF GLAUCOMA,
Discussion, _Albert E. Bulson, Jr., M.D._ 141

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