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Show , fj " Lw-w'Q" HI' 1 ."l""" ir-T)-r--t ,,WIIm 4 if-: V kill i :ie -v Ay NT ufX X Jikv'l ni l iv "."'--'''' lo; I ifHT . . A maternal desire to take good pictures of her H PJ R bVovhi into the field of professional photography, where ,3 Initializes In the complicated photography of the human il g shown above with camera and patient at the New York " Li tar Infirmary. jjN SURGERY jlicctcd Device Photographs ' ( Camera The Haman Eye J L0pie understand how the X-ray is used by the med-D4 med-D4 fsion, and many have heard that photography is be-t3 be-t3 h. the medical field. However, it is difficult for the Lrcon to visualize just how photography can be used whose husband was still In the South Pacific, was brought In for photographs. Her record, when she entered the hospital, stated that a tumorous growth, thought to be malignant, ma-lignant, had formed in the iris of the right eye and therefore the eye should be removed. The surgeon in charge at the New York Eye and Ear infirmary was not in full accord with this diagnosis and did not feel that this patient should lose an eye without further study. He ordered photographs taken of the condition every month, carefully measuring the size and comparing with the previous plates. At the end of a year the growth had not expanded in any direction, these measurements measure-ments proved. During the following year pictures were taken every two months and careful checks were made against the first plates. It has been fully determined, up to the present time, that the growth is not malignant, and this grateful young woman still has her eye today." Movies taken in color and used for teaching purposes are a part of Mrs. Brown's daily work. These films of rare and delicate operations opera-tions performed at the infirmary are being used to guide and teach a new generation of eye surgeons throughout the Americas and as far away as India and the Philippines. In addition to routine work, classes in medical photography are conducted for graduate students in ophthalmology. Thus the young specialists spe-cialists who train here can take with them to the small communities throughout the country a knowledge of ophthalmic photography that will help them trace the progress of eye diseases and their treatments, thus many times saving the sight of an eye otherwise lost. Ml fcce in medicine. Sit ifthe New York Eye and nXrty. the oldest specialized he western hemisphere, S J ie from all walks of life treated for more than a n1: fits numerous eye. ear, i throat clinics demon-i demon-i " i value of the technique. 7 ; il is staffed by the great k' eat in the fields of oph- i and otolaryngology. i 'ith Park avenue prac- I daily to diagnose and TS 5,000 people who pass n clinics each year. IS idical photography has M i recognized and estab-lice estab-lice in the treatment of liseases. j.fr lains Techniques. A iartment was organized h by Mary R. Brown, one women in this country i lize in the field of oph--! hotography. She is a f t woman whose own son n : ipleting his medical edu-' edu-' i s. Brown explained some IfL ; ntiflc techniques she uses Jpl r diagnostic research and "tt - icord work for surgeons York Eye and Ear in- I ition to the small and cameras that photo-V photo-V e outer sections of the e is the Fundus cam- for photographing the the eye the area deep I e eye itself. This com- ) camera uses the lens of a nt's eye as part of Its ! stem and the resulting are in color. They have l ignostic value; the sur- H lecision depends many i!3s these true-to-life photo- 4 4 own relates that, "Only J, young lad who had his ic 1 playing basketball was '4 to the hospital. A growth "I ) !d on the retina and ret-"I ret-"I . res were ordered. These i: nailed to a famous eye tn England to corroborate fa surgeon's diagnosis. With wt these colored slides, o4-i and thrown on a screen, i" imended preserving the ft ir own men did. In time, 15 i went away, just as the '.I said it would, and today as his sight." 1 ecalls War Case, n November 1945," Mrs. , alls, "a young G.I. bride, SMS lOU AFFLICTED . . . f York Eye and Ear In- -here Mrs. Brown helps fffgeon's hands and scal- , J1 (Lher Photographic tech- u l(lest hPl of Its : f,e wstern hemisphere. Vl " 1820' il rank the JJJt hospital in the City of 4 |
