Frederick C. Cordes

Bilateral Absorption of Intraocular Copper with Chalcosis in One Eye

The child whose case is reported here was found to have particles of copper in both eyes after the explosion of percussion caps. Due perhaps to the low content of copper in the metal of the caps, spontaneous absorption of the foreign bodies in both eyes was not accompanied by the destructive changes usually observed in such cases. One eye demonstrated the phenomenon of chalcosis; this eye (left) retained normal vision for eight years after the accident. From the Department of Surgery, Division of Ophthalmology, University of California Medical School. Read before the Western Ophthalmological Society at Butte, Montana, July 19, 1934.

Radium for Cataract

Abstract The influence of radium on lens opacities as studied in the Department of Ophthalmology in the University of California is reported in this paper, with an account of work previously reported in this direction by other observers. The results obtained are stated in tabular form.

Infantile amaurotic family idiocy in two Japanese families

Abstract The literature with regard to the infantile and juvenile types of amaurotic family idiocy is reviewed. Two new cases here recorded were encountered in Japanese girl children, and there was great probability that a sister of the first of these patients had had the same condition. In each case the parents were first cousins. Out of fourteen cases of the juvenile type, including the two here added, the disease has occurred in the male sex only twice.

Intraocular Foreign Body of Forty-Six Years' Duration

Abstract The case here reported showed remarkable tolerance of copper within the eye, but there was ossification and sympathetic irritation of the fellow eye requiring enucleation. Contributed from the Department of Ophthalmology, University of California Medical School.

Radium applicator for cataracts

The methods and apparatus employed in using radium for the treatment of cataract are here described, in a way to assist other workers.

Metastatic Abscess of Iris and Ciliary Body

A metastatic abscess of the iris and ciliary body originated from an abscess beneath the lower jaw, which contained staphylococci but had almost healed at the time when the eye became involved. The patient was diabetic. A year later he had a perinephritic abscess, perhaps also embolic. From the department of ophthalmology, University of California Medical School. Read before the Pacific Coast Oto-Ophthalmological Society, September 5, 1930.

Contusion of the Eyeball with Delayed Intraocular Hemorrhage

Three cases in which a second intraocular hemorrhage followed a few days after a first, caused by trauma, are reported. From the Department of Ophthalmology, University of California Medical School.

Congenital coloboma of the upper eyelid with dermoids on cornea: Report of case

Abstract The patient had a large coloboma of the upper lid, two dermoid growths on the cornea, and aberrant lacrimal glandular tissue near the outer canthus. A bibliography is appended.

Hysteric Amblyopia: Report of Three Cases

The three cases described illustrate the type of subject in whom this condition may appear. In two of them it was unilateral. Perfect vision was restored by suggestion, in two cases after lumbar puncture and in the third after ether narcosis for an unrelated operation. Read before the Pacific Coast Oto-Ophthalmological Society in Seattle, Washington, June 30, 1932. From the Department of Ophthalmology, University of California Medical School.

Radium Therapy in Vernal Catarrh

Radium therepy in vernal catarrh is worthy of wider application than it has received. An erythema dose is to be avoided, on account of the disturbances which it may produce as much as a year later. Six cases are reported, with exact detail as to dosage and method of application. Read before the Pacific Coast Oto-ophthalmological Society, at Santa Barbara, California, April 19, 1928. From the department of ophthalmology, University of California Medical School.