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grateful to the hospital for allowing me facilities for
admitting these cases there, and so keeping them under
my own care.
A large number of squints have again been treated
this year. The Orthoptic Department has been doing
very useful work in helping with the treatment of these
cases, many of which require a great deal of patience and
tact. I should like to express my thanks to Miss Bradley
for the able way in which she conducts the Clinic, and
for her untiring efforts on the patients' behalf.
When orthoptic treatment has reached its limits, and
if the case is not cured by that time, then operation is
considered.
We have had quite a successful year with our squint
cases with this combined treatment, twelve operations
having been performed.
Several interesting cases have been met. Among
these was a case of Interstitial Keratitis, a case of
Ruptured Choroid, a case of Traumatic Cataract, a case
of very severe penetrating wound of the Cornea with
prolapse of the Iris, and a case of Congenital WordBlindness.
In conclusion I wish to record my sincere thanks to
Mrs. Cornwall, the voluntary helper, who so efficiently
manages the Clinic on Fridays. She has the way of
making the Clinic run on oiied wheels and she keeps
the children both quiet and happy."
Eric Lyle, M.D.
Report on the Work of the Orthoptic Clinic.
In spite of the many attendances required and the
long period of treatment, parents are responding
extremely well to the treatment of their children at the
clinic, a treatment which is proving a valuable adjunct
to the work of the Eye Clinic.
Miss Bradley reports as follows:—
"The total number of attendances at the Orthoptic
Clinic from mid-April, 1938, to mid-March, 1939, amounts