VISUAL RESULTS IN CASES OF INTRA-OCULAR FOREIGN BODY

Abstract

In 1932, Kiehle,¹after a survey of statistics on foreign bodies, pointed out that the important fact in every case is "how much vision is retained and how long it is retained." He also stated (a) that an estimate of vision six months after removal of a foreign body is not particularly significant, (b) that perception of light or vision of fingers at a few feet is nothing of which to boast, and (c) that the longer the period of time elapsing after removal of the foreign body, the greater is the diminution of vision. After mentioning one author who limited his expressions to "result good," "eye quiet," "excellent recovery," "no subsequent record of vision" and "successful," he stated that interest seems to be lost in these cases in proportion to the square of the time by which they recede into the past. After mentioning the well known fact