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sequently without; vision after the recovery was 20/80 and 
20/40, respectively. The author favors the upper corneal section. 
Postoperative treatment, complications, and accidents were gen- 
erally discussed; prolapse of the iris with iritis was the most 
frequent postoperative complication in the series of cases. 
AN UNUSUAL COMPLICATION AFTER GRATTAGE OF THE LIDS 
FOR TRACHOMA 
By De. a. R. Ubaldo 
A female patient, 26 years old, had trachoma for three 
years. Three weeks before operation the condition became more 
acute. Examination showed the upper fornix of the right eye 
covered with granulations. Three hours after operation (with 
local ansesthesia, using cocaine powder ) the patient complained of 
severe pain in both eyes. Treatment consisted of ice compresses, 
morphine, bromides, and aspirin. The following day the patient 
had severe pain in the right eye ; the lids were swollen and were 
opened with a retractor. An unusual keratitis with peculiar 
striations was observed. Both eyes were affected. There was 
no ciliary injection and no tension of the eyeball. On the third 
day pain continued in the right eye. Atropine dilated the left 
iris only. An oedematous condition of the nimbus (sclero-corneal 
union) with beginning suppuration was observed. The condition 
lasted from two to three weeks. The right eye became entirely 
blind. 
MASTOID OPERATIONS 
By Dr. H. E. Velarde 
The writer reviewed the common operative procedures and 
postoperative treatment. Of eighty-five cases considered, sixty 
recovered, eleven improved, four did not improve, five died, and 
five were discharged, results comparing favorably with statis- 
tics from other hospitals. 
TONSILLITIS 
By Dr. P. Nicolas 
The etiology, character, treatment, and complications were 
discussed for the acute and chronic cases. The commonest foimis 
of tonsillitis treated were the acute catarrhal and follicular 
types. The condition is most common in males, in patients 
from 14 to 25 years of age, and it occurs most frequently in 
July and August. 
