[Maggots and man].

In 1942 a grievously wounded soldier was forsaken in the "No Mans's Land" for five days. However he totally recovered as his wound had been overrun of maggots. Thus H.

[Iridociliary melanoma with cataract (iridocyclochoroidectomy followed by extra-capsular extraction with pseudophakia)].

Description of a case of malignant melanoma of iris and ciliary body in a man of 59 years old. Clinically an interesting sign was the mahogany discolouration of the greyish cataract in the quadrant in front of the tumour. The tumour was removed following the technic of H.

[The implantation of intraocular lenses (author's transl)].

To become an implant surgeon means that one is ready to accept some opposition from part of the profession as well as to known all the shortcomings of conventional cataract extraction. A good knowledge of the history of implantation is necessary to avoid past errors in the shape, manufacture sterilization and in the locus of insertion of the intra-ocular lens. At the start few indications will be retained mainly unilateral cataracts traumatic or not, the aim being restoration of a full binocular vision.

[A case of cavernous hemangioma of the retina].

A case of hemangioma of the retina is reported. Its typical ophtalmoscopic and fluorescein angiographic aspects are studied. The benign evolution is stressed in spite of a possible macular risk checked by argon laser therapy.