MINUTES OF THE SECTION

ON

OPHTHALMOLOGY, OTOLOGY, AND LARYNGOLOGY.

TUESDAY, May 6, 1879.

THE Section convened at 3 o'clock P. M., with Dr. H. KNAPP, of New York, in the chair. In the absence of the regular Secretary, Dr. ScoTT, Dr. A. W. CALHOUN, of Georgia, was elected temporary Secretary; Dr. POPE, of Louisiana, was elected VicePresident, and Dr. E. WILLIAMS, of Ohio, was elected honorary President.

The first business in order was the reading of a paper by Dr. E. WILLIAMS, of Ohio, on Ivory Exostosis of the Orbit, giving also the literature of the subject.

Dr. KNAPP gave his experience with such cases, and mentioned where a report of others could be found.

Dr. KNAPP, of New York, exhibited a specimen of a large tumor growing from the acoustic nerve. The specimen was given by Dr. STEVENS, of New York, who will report the case in full in The Archives of Otology. The microscope shows the nature of the tumor to be sarcoma, with spindle-shaped cells.

Dr. E. SMITH moved a vote of thanks to Dr. KNAPP and Dr. STEVENS for the presentation of the tumor

Dr. KNAPP moved a vote of thanks to Dr. WILLIAMS for his interesting paper.

Dr. A. V. VOORHEES, of Tennessee, gave an oral report of a case of Temporary Blindness from large doses of quinine. The report provoked a good deal of discussion, and Dr. VOORHEES was requested to watch the case and report its progress at a future meeting.

Dr. KNAPP presented an enucleated eye of a child, the microscopic examination of which leads him to call the disease "tuberculosis of the eye." Microscopic slides were shown and elicited great interest.

The Section adjourned to meet at 9 A. M. Wednesday.

WEDNESDAY, May 7.

The Section met at 9 o'clock A. M., Dr. KNAPP in the chair, Dr. CALHOUN Secretary pro tem.

Dr. B. A. POPE, of Louisiana, made some interesting remarks upon enucleation of the eyeball. He contended that it was better to remove only the anterior portion of the ball, where at all practicable, so as to allow of the better wearing of artificial eyes. In sympathetic cases, he has divided the ciliary and optic nerves in addition to making the above operation.

Dr. KNAPP objected to this mode of procedure, for fear of the insufficient effects of the operation.

Dr. WILLIAMS agreed with Dr. POPE in his remarks.

Dr. POPE then read his paper criticizing the various steps in the different operations for cataract. It was a very instructive paper.

Dr. A. W. CALHOUN, of Georgia, read his paper entitled A Report of one hundred and eighty-five Cataract Operations, with some suggestions as to after-treatment, etc.

After some discussion, the Section adjourned till 3 o'clock P. M.

AFTERNOON SESSION.

Dr. KNAPP read his paper on Cataract Operations, after which a general discussion ensued upon the papers of Dr. POPE, Dr. CALHOUN, and Dr. KNAPP.

Dr. D. S. REYNOLDS, of Kentucky, read a paper on An Operation for the Radical Cure of Cystoid Cicatrix, the result of glaucoma and other operations or injuries.

Dr. E. SMITH, of Michigan, read a paper on Xerophthalmia and its Cure by Operation. This excited a good deal of comment.

Dr. KNAPP presented beautiful specimens of plastic iritis, and a foreign body in the eyeball, resting upon the ciliary processes. Adjourned till 9 A. M. Thursday.

THURSDAY, May 8.

The Section met at 9 o'clock A. M., Dr. KNAPP in the chair, Dr. CALHOUN Secretary pro tem.

Dr. KNAPP presented several exceedingly interesting microscopic specimens, amongst which were sarcoma of the iris, the region of Fontana's spaces in normal and glaucomatous eyes, iris in wound after cataract operations, and others.

Dr. KNAPP made also some very extended and interesting remarks upon Acute and Chronic Mastoid Disease, in the discussion of which the members took part, giving their experience, etc.

Dr. J. A. WHITE, of Maryland, did not read his paper on Color Blindness because of sickness.

The Section, having finished all its business, adjourned to meet in New York in 1880.

A. W. CALHOUN, M.D., Secretary pro tem.