CHAPTER X.
SURGICAL ANOMALIES OF THE HEAD AND NECK.
Injuries of such a delicate organ as the eye, in which the slightest accident can produce such disastrous consequences, naturally elicit the interest of all.

Examples of exophthalmos, or protrusion of the eye from the orbit from bizarre causes, are of particular interest.

Among the older writers we find Ficker and the Ephemerides giving instances of exophthalmos from vomiting.

Fabricius Hildanus mentions a similar instance.

Salmuth, Verduc, and others mention extrusion of the eyeball from the socket, due to excessive coughing.