Effect of Cortisone upon the Vascularization which follows Corneal Burns: I. Heat Burns

Abstract

-Standard corneal heat injuries were produced by applying a 15 mm. surface electrode with a current of 120 milliamps for 12 secs. at a point 2 mm. from the limbus. Cortisone, 2.5 mg. subconjunctivally every 2d day or 10.0 mg. subcutaneously every day, caused a marked reduction in the corneal vascularization which normally followed the thermal lesion.