Volume 1
A treatise on opthalmy : and those diseases which are induced by inflammations of the eyes : with new methods of cure / by Edward Moore Noble. Part the first[-second].
- Noble, Edward Moore
- Date:
- 1800-1801
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A treatise on opthalmy : and those diseases which are induced by inflammations of the eyes : with new methods of cure / by Edward Moore Noble. Part the first[-second]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by University of Bristol Library. The original may be consulted at University of Bristol Library.
29/156 page 17
![[ « ] 77^ CAUSES of Opthalmy. The fame general causes, that excite in- flammation in other parts of the body, will produce an opthalmy ; but, on account of the delicacy of the ftructure of the eye, and its exposed lituation, it is liable-to be affected by fo many things which, applied to other parts, would be innoxious, that it is wonderful inflammations of the eyes are not more frequent than they are : add to which, as an organ of fense, it is ftimulated in a manner peculiar to itself, by light and colours. Every fymptom and appearance of the disease, ftiew that the impetus of the blood in the vefsels of the part is increased, and of course any thing that can bring on a ftronger and more frequent contraction of the fibres, may produce inflammation. This may be done, either by the application of those fubstances which ftimulate the part B](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21439205_0001_0031.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
