A treatise on diseases of the eye : including the doctrines and practice of the most eminent modern surgeons, and particularly those of Professor Beer / by George Frick.

Date:
1826
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Credit: A treatise on diseases of the eye : including the doctrines and practice of the most eminent modern surgeons, and particularly those of Professor Beer / by George Frick. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The panniis, which is left behind on the subsi- dence of the inflammation, readily yields in its recent stage to the employment of stimulating or slightly escharotic applications, as the intro- duction, once or twice daily, of the laudan. liquid, either alone or combined with aether. In the more chronic stage of the complaint, it will be necessary to have recourse to scarification of the part, or excision of the larger trunks supply- ing the pannus ^; together with blisters or issues to the back of the ears or nape of the neck. C. Purulent Ophthalmia.—Blepharo-hlennorrhoea. Ophthalmo-hlennorrhcea. Mr. Ware has been the first to distinguish this species from the other varieties of ophthalmia; and from the circumstance of its being commonly attended with a puriform discharge from the lids, he called it the oculus purulentus. Until it shall be more satisfactorily determined that the secre- te deserve tlie general vigilance of the surgeon. The 01. Tere- binthinse, even when it is not required as a vermifuge, is a valu- able medicine in counteracting mesenteric disease, tumid belly, and the irregular mucous relaxation of scrofulous children In these latter cases it should be combined with mucilage, and administered in the proportion of twenty drops, or half a drachm, twice or thrice a day. Editor. ' Where there is disposition to chronic distention, the upright position should be advised, as bed, or a recumbent posture is more favourable to congestion. Ed. D