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Giant millipede ‘burns’ and the eye

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1997
A retrospective review of 8 cases of millipede 'burns' (caused by Polyconoceras sp. [= Salpidobolus sp.]) of the eye and periorbital tissues seen in a specialist ophthalmology unit over 6 years at Madang General Hospital, Papua New Guinea, was conducted. Such cases comprised 0.06% of the 14,000 patients seen in the same period.
B J, Hudson, G A, Parsons
exaly   +3 more sources

Chemical burns of the eye with special reference to alkali burns

Burns, 1991
Alkali burns of the eye are more severe than acid burns because of the rapid penetration through the cornea and anterior chamber, combining with cell membrane lipids, thereby resulting in disruption of the cells and stromal mucopolysaccharides with concomitant tissue softening.
A M Baruchin, A M Baruchin
exaly   +3 more sources

Strong Alkali Burns of the Eye

New England Journal of Medicine, 1965
ALKALI burns of the eye, with their rapidly blinding sequelae, rank with the most disastrous of household accidents. Numerous alkali products are found in the average home.
exaly   +3 more sources

ACID BURNS OF THE EYE

Archives of Ophthalmology, 1946
THE more benign character of acid burns of the eye was first contrasted with that of alkali burns by George Joseph Beer in 1813, who stated that "the effect of mineral acids of equal saturation is rarely so destructive for the cornea as is slaked lime." Since then there have been numerous clinical reports of ocular injury by many types of acid.
J S, FRIEDENWALD, W F, HUGHES, H, HERRMANN   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources