Hi Linda
I have this reference on hand:
http://www.sums.ac.ir/IJMS/9812/pishva9812.html

APPLICATION OF TOPICAL BREAST MILK FOR PREVENTION OF NEONATAL CONJUNCTIVITIS

N. Pishva,* M. Mehryar**, H. Mahmoudi, R. Farzan

*Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, **Department of
Ophthalmology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

(note it says prevention, not treatment)

Have you tried a 'pubmed' search?
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/

cheers
Karen Clements
IBCLC MELB AUST


Linda asks:

> Greetings!  Can anyone direct me to clinical evidence that infant eye
> infections can be treated using a bit of breastmilk?  Also evidence that
the
> milk couldn't HURT the baby's eye?  We have suggested this technique many
> times, with great success.  However, a physician is challenging me and
wants
> clinical evidence that this would work and would not be harmful.

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