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(1) A case of Intra ocular foreign body.
(2) A case of Hysterical amblyopia.
(3) A case of Congenital ptosis.
(4) A case of Ocular torticollis.
Since the opening of the new wards at the Bromley and District
Hospital, it has been possible to admit certain cases there and so keep
such cases under my own care.
In conclusion, I should like to thank very sincerely those who
organise the clinic. They carried out their work to such perfection that
all the clinics ran smoothly and easily without exception."
Eric Lyle, m.d.
Report on the Work of the Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic.
Once more I have the honour to submit a report of the work of
the Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic which continues to work smoothly
and efficiently. There were 33 clinics held for operations and 143
operations were performed.
Bight clinics were held for consultation, with regard to cases
referred by the School Medical Officer, to decide if operation was
necessary, and by which method operation should be carried out in those
cases requiring surgical treatment. By these means it is possible to
make sure that the tonsils are completely removed in over 99 per cent,
of cases. One hundred and forty-five cases were seen, and 28 cases were
referred to their own doctor or hospital. I am glad to say that fewer
cases have had to be dealt with in my beds at St. John's Hospital.
My thanks are due to Dr. France who has given the anaesthetics
so satisfactorily, and once more I must thank the medical and lay staff
for their co-operation."
Charles Beney, m.a., m.b., b.ch., m.r.c.s.
Report on the Work of the Orthopædic Clinic.
''Orthopaedics is by common consent a slow moving branch of
surgery. The treatment of most cases is a matter of months or years.
An innovation, however startling, cannot be proved to be a real advance
until the new form of diagnosis or treatment has been tried out by a
number of observers over a period of several years. Consequently, the
annual report on the work of an orthopaedic clinic can but rarely do
more than say that the work is progressing satisfactorily. This can
be said, without any reservation, of the work at Bromley. The
attendance of patients is orderly and regular, and I think that the
orthopaedic clinic is appreciated by the parents, many of whom have
expressed their thanks in words or by letter. Nevertheless, there are
two matters that call for comment.
It is not generally known that the dreaded rheumatoid arthritis
that attacks adults is sometimes found in children. It is, if anything,
even more crippling in children, and treatment is made difficult by our
ignorance of the cause of the disease, which has so far eluded the most
careful investigations. But, in spite of this, a new form of treatment,
the injection of complex salts of gold, has been introduced, and the