Show i m q 1 I 1 1 1 1 A I 1 k W 9 I 1 t a J 1 p aw 1 Q 9 1 k K 1 I I 1 F i Z I 1 t I 1 A I 1 J 11 I 1 4 r I 1 Y 1 1 I 1 ya I 1 11 ll i I 1 1 I 1 I 1 k av i I 1 V I 1 atif 11 vi I 1 t 1 I 1 k 0 j I 1 4 j 1 1 I R J 1 I 1 1 am F I 1 1 5 I 1 1 01 I 1 I 1 I 1 k Z 1 k 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 P I 1 1 k I 1 1 1 e 1 A 1 I 1 I 1 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 M if al i I 1 1 I 1 k I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 k 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 i Z J i 1 1 I 1 i I 1 i 1 4 I 1 ya 11 t 7 41 i 1 11 ll I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 0 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 1 I I 1 L 11 I 1 I 1 4 W SAVING SIGHT A maternal desire to take good pictures of her son led mary B R brown into the field of professional photography where she now specializes in the complicated photography of the human eye she Is shown above with camera and patient at the new york eye and ear armary SCIENCE IN SURGERY I 1 i complicated 14 device photographs A erfene us cameral the IRV human eye most people understand how the xray X ray is used by the med I 1 Ical prof assion and man many have heard that photography is being used in the medical fielo field however hoever it is difficult for the to visualize how can be used to advantage in medicine A visit to the new york rye eye and ear infirmary the oldest specialized hospital in the western hemisphere where people from an all walks of life cave been treated for more than a century in its numerous eye ear nose and throat clinics demonstrates the value of the technique this hospital Is staffed by the great and near great in the fields of ophthalmology and otolaryngology surgeons with park avenue practices come dally daily to diagnose and treat the people who pass through its clinics each year here medical photography has become a recognized and established service in the treatment of many eye diseases aisea ses explains techniques this department was organized and Is run by mary R brogli Bro k one of the few women in this country who specialize jn in the field of ophthalmic op photography she is 1 1 pretty quiet woman whose own son Is just kw k w aso ical education mrs bro 1 komg of f the sclena dally it in ka h I 1 0 t I 1 I 1 FM grayl 11 dudu su 1 eye there Is the eras era used for phot ogra retina of the eye the are i I 1 within the eye its itself elf this pica ted camera uses the lens L the patients eye as martof part of its k optical system sy stemland and the resulting pictures ures are in color they have great diagnostic value the surgeons decision depends man many r times on these true to 0 fife photographs mrs brown relates that only I 1 recently a young lad ind who had his eye hurt playing basketball was brought into the hospital A growth had bad formed on the retina and retinal pictures were ordered these were vere airmailed air mailed to a famous eye specialist in england to corroborate our 0 own wn surgeons diagnosis with nothing but these colored slides magnified and thrown on a asbreen screen he be recommended preserving the tha eye as our own men did in time the growth went away just as the specialist said it would and today this boy has his sight recalls war case back in november 1945 11 mrs brown recalls a young GJ GI bride 7 A 1 i 1 I 1 E N amyl I 1 10 1 14 elji I 1 1 I 1 11 1 0 I 1 I 1 ila 01 W I 1 T ill I 1 q I 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 ilk 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 11 R S 1 li N i I 1 1 I 1 at W I 1 I 1 IWI 4 I 1 1 t 1 I 1 7 4 0 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 11 I 1 V J I 1 I 1 I 1 14 1 11 11 I 1 I 1 r I 1 1 A HAVEN FOR AFFLICTED the new york eyo and ear in firmery airmar fir mary y where mrs drown brown helps guide surgeons hands and seat with her photographic technique is the oldest hospital of its kind in the western hemisphere founded in 1820 it ranks as the third oldest hospital in the city of new york whose husband was still in the south pacific was brought in for photographs her record when she entered ertter ed the hospital stated that a roua growth thought to be malignant li had formed in the iris ot of the right eye and therefore the eye sho should fildbe i be removed the surgeon in charge at the new york eye an and d 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 measure measuring n g the size and comparing with the previous plates at the end of a year the growth had bad not expanded in any direction these measurements 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 dime that the growth Is not malignant and this grateful young woman still has her eye today movies movie taken in color and used k t teaching purposes are apart a part of 1 browns daily work these a of rare and delicate opera 0 performed at the infirmary BJ elbein being used to guide and teach diew ew generation of eye surgeons burghout bug hout the americas and as far atay ay as india and the philippines in addition to routine work lasses in medical photography are I 1 bon conducted son ducted for graduate students in ophthalmology thus the young specialists cia lists who train here can taip take with them to the small communities throughout the country acknowledge I 1 doolit ophthalmic almic photography that win will help them thern trace the progress of eye dis diseases ws andi and thedr treatments thus many times saving ving the sight of an eye otherwise lost |