A treatise on the diseases of the eye / By W. Lawrence.

  • Lawrence, William, Sir, 1783-1867.
Date:
1847
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    CHAPTER XVII. MALFORMATIONS AND VARIOUS AFFECTIONS OF THE IRIS. Congenital deficiency Coloboma iridis Change of color; spotted iris; pro lapsus iridis Synechia anterior and posterior [Staphyloma iridis] 418 419 420 422 ib. Fungous excrescences from the iris and ciliary body . . . 423 Tumors growing from the iris . 424 Myosis .... 425 Mydriasis . • . . ib. Tremulous iris . . . 426 SECTION I. General and preliminary considera tions 427 States of the eye requiring the ope ration ib. Diagnosis 429 Prognosis 431 Position of the artificial pupil 433 Previous considerations 434 Various operations . 435 SECTION II. Operation by incision 436 Methods of Cheselden 436 Wenzel, Janix 437 Sir W. Adams . 438 Maunoir 439 [More particular account of Mau noiu's method] 442 CHAPTER XVIII. FORMATION OF AN ARTIFICIAL PUPIL. SECTION III. Operation by excision Method of Mr. GrBsoN- Mr. TlRRELL SECTION IV. 443 ib. 446 Operation by separation; coredialy- sia .... 447 The operation of Scarpa and ScHMinT . . . . ib. The operation by detachment and strangulation . . . 449 Langenbeck's operation . . ib. Reisinger's double hook . . 452 Operation by separation and excision 453 [Distortion] .... 455 Formation of an artificial pupil in the sclerotica . . . 457 CHAPTER XIX. AFFECTIONS OF THE CHOROID COAT. SECTION I. Affections of the choroid coat Choroiditis .... Inflammation of the orbiculusciliaris Deficiency of pigment SECTION II. Inflammation of the retina Cases .... SECTION III. Inflammation of the internal tunics generally .... Internal inflammation of the eye consequent on fever [Additional remarks on internal in- flammation of the eye consequent on fever] .... Arthritic inflammation of the inter- *ETII *A, VITREOUS HUMOR, LENS, AND CAPSULE. nal tunics 474 Glaucoma 476 458 Symptoms ib. ib. Causes 477 461 Seat of disease ib. ib. Diagnosis 479 Prognosis; treatment ib. [Additional remarks] 480 461 SECTION IV. ib. 465 Affections of the vitreous humor 485 Hypertrophy; ecchymosis; synchisis ib. Change of structure and consistence 486 SECTION V. 466 Affections of the lens and capsule 486 Inflammation . . . ib. | Calcareous and bony change . 487 469 , Spontaneous passage into the ante- rior cBamber . . . 488