TRANSPLANTATION OF THE HUMAN CORNEA

Two charity patients who are the subjects of this report came to the clinic of the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary in October, 1928. One, a man, aged 26, had had an injury two years before from a steam explosion, which had resulted in enucleation of the left eye. The right eye was retained, but with a large total symblepharon continuous with the upper fornix and extending over the upper half of the cornea (fig. 1) ; the entire cornea was densely opaque, no transparent corneal substance being visible; the tension was normal; vision was limited to perception of light. The other patient was a man, aged 32, with a fairly small but well defined sarcoma of the choroid in the equatorial region. The conjunctiva, cornea and iris were normal, and the vision was 20/16. The plight of these two men could suggest only one course of procedure