[Reparative regeneration of the rabbit cornea with the use of ethanolamine]

A lesion was induced in the central area of the rabbit cornea as deep as half its thickness, with a trepan 4 mm in diameter. As a stimulant of regeneration, ethanolamine was injected subconjunctivally and subcutaneously. In early stages the control animals showed predominant destructive processes; epithelization was completed on the 15-16th day. A rough leukoma emerged at the deficiency site. Administration of ethanolamine made the proliferative processes in the epithelium and in the ground substance of the cornea start earlier while epithelization was completed on the 10-14th day to form a hardly noteceably leukoma. Ethanolamine has proved to be an adequate stimulant in posttraumatic regeneration of the cornea.