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INCOMPATIBILITY OF SILVER NITRATE AND SULFATHIAZOLE

INCOMPATIBILITY OF SILVER NITRATE AND SULFATHIAZOLE This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract To the Editor: —Since the publication of an article by D. F. Gillette entitled "A New Aid in Removal of Foreign Bodies of the Cornea" (Arch. Ophth.31: 129-130 [Feb.] 1944), my associates and I have been applying a 1 per cent solution of silver nitrate to the site of a foreign body. We agree with the author that the procedure facilitates the removal of metallic foreign bodies embedded in the epithelium.In 2 of approximately 100 patients so treated a dense, grayish white precipitate has developed in or below Bowman's membrane about the site of the foreign body on application of the silver. In the first patient the area was not in the visual axis. Treatment was conservative, and the lesion epithelized satisfactorily. During the six months in which the precipitate has been under observation it has faded slightly, but is still conspicuous. Since we had used no other http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Ophthalmology American Medical Association

INCOMPATIBILITY OF SILVER NITRATE AND SULFATHIAZOLE

Archives of Ophthalmology , Volume 33 (4) – Apr 1, 1945

INCOMPATIBILITY OF SILVER NITRATE AND SULFATHIAZOLE

Abstract

This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract To the Editor: —Since the publication of an article by D. F. Gillette entitled "A New Aid in Removal of Foreign Bodies of the Cornea" (Arch. Ophth.31: 129-130 [Feb.] 1944), my associates and I have been applying a 1 per cent solution of silver nitrate to the site of a foreign body. We agree with the author that the procedure facilitates...
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Publisher
American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright © 1945 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
ISSN
0003-9950
eISSN
1538-3687
DOI
10.1001/archopht.1945.00890160071011
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Abstract

This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract To the Editor: —Since the publication of an article by D. F. Gillette entitled "A New Aid in Removal of Foreign Bodies of the Cornea" (Arch. Ophth.31: 129-130 [Feb.] 1944), my associates and I have been applying a 1 per cent solution of silver nitrate to the site of a foreign body. We agree with the author that the procedure facilitates the removal of metallic foreign bodies embedded in the epithelium.In 2 of approximately 100 patients so treated a dense, grayish white precipitate has developed in or below Bowman's membrane about the site of the foreign body on application of the silver. In the first patient the area was not in the visual axis. Treatment was conservative, and the lesion epithelized satisfactorily. During the six months in which the precipitate has been under observation it has faded slightly, but is still conspicuous. Since we had used no other

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Archives of OphthalmologyAmerican Medical Association

Published: Apr 1, 1945

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