Daniel Kravitz

The Value of Quadrant Field Defects in the Localization of Temporal Lobe Tumors

A brief discussion of visual changes in temporal lobe tumors is given. The quadrant field defects are the most important localizing signs. Report of a case having this field defect, with papilledema and paralysis of divergence is given. Read before the Brooklyn Ophthalmological Society, April 24, 1930.

The Vasomotor System in Retinal and Cerebral Vascular Lesions

Because the growth of pathology has contributed so largely towards the rapid progress medicine has made, many have come to think of loss of function only in relation to an underlying pathology. However, extensive pathology and even death may be secondary to a primary disturbance in function. A brief resume of the anatomy and physiology of the vasomotor system and its relation to the functional integrity of the brain and retina is given, and cases are recited in which such disturbances have resulted in accidents rivaling those caused by severe organic lesions.

Postoperative Endogenous Infections of the Eye

The patient was a man of 78 years, in excellent general health. Operation for cataract included preliminary iridectomy and attempted extracapsular extraction. When the lens did not present the capsule was grasped with forceps and the lens gently torn away from adhesions, without loss of vitreous. The lower pole of the lens showed evidence of soft white exudate. Symptoms of infection on the second postoperative day led to treatment with foreign protein. A smear showed numerous extra- and intracellular diplococci, identified as gonococci. The patient recalled having had acute gonorrheal urethritis at 18 years of age, but no after effects. Urethral smears were negative for the organism, as was also a complement fixation test. The eye went on to phthisis bulbi. The other eye was not affected.