There are many good eye-shields on the market to-day, yet the one I show in the accompanying photographs I have found superior to anything I have seen.
This eye-shield is made of quarter-inch galvanized wire netting cut to shape and the raw edges covered with cotton, after which it is bound with ordinary cotton or linen tape and the ties sewed on.
The advantages are that it is easily put on and off by the patient; that the tension is readily changed, permitting compression as well as immobilization of the lids, and that fresh gauze can be put in as often as it becomes soiled, which is quite an item when the patient is not seen daily; that it can be readily cleaned by the patient with a little soap and a hand-brush and is easily sterilized, and that it