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G. ED. LEECH. 
An autopsy was obtained and both orbits, the eyeballs, the 
optic nerves and the chiasms were secured for examination. It 
may be mentioned that at the autopsy the meninges showed 
nothing abnormal, the right eye was slightly atrophic, the optic 
nerve entrance decidedly spread out and infiltrated throughout 
with round cells. The trunk of the ciliary nerves at this point 
present nothing abnormal ; sometimes here and there in the 
sheath a round cell would be noticed ; the tissue of the optic 
nerve itself was abundantly infiltrated with round cells, espe¬ 
cially in the pial septa. The walls of the blood vessels in the 
papilla were richly infiltrated with round cells. The retina, 
especially in the nerve-fibre layer, was markedly infiltrated and 
at points was separated from the choroid by an exudate, the ves¬ 
sels of the retina participated to the same extent in the process. 
The retina in the vicinity of the ora-serata did not show much 
infiltration, but was simply atrophic. The choroid was atrophic 
very generally and the pigment epithelium at points was de¬ 
tached and partly atrophied. Both the retinal infiltration and 
the choroidal infiltration were less pronounced near the ciliary 
region. The vitreous was detached anteriorly and posteriorly 
and transformed into a fine fibrous tissue. 
The sclera was slightly infiltrated at the posterior pole ; in¬ 
filtration of the sclera, as well as the subconjunctival tissue, 
was noticed at the limbus of the cornea. The cornea was also 
infiltrated and at its upper border was to be seen a scar, along 
the course of which cell infiltration was very noticeable. The 
iris and ciliary body showed atrophy of the pigment elements, 
posterior synechise was present, the synechise consisting of 
nucleated fibrous tissue containing round cells, particles of pig¬ 
ment and endothelioid cells, forming a tissue which completely 
closed the pupillary opening. 
The anterior chamber contained an exudate that consisted 
of round cells and fibrin ; especially noteworthy was an anterior 
synechia unassociated with a corneal scar; there was hardly 
more than a rudiment of the lens remaining. 
As regards the condition of the second eye, the optic nerve 
