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

  • Lawrence, William, Sir, 1783-1867.
Date:
1847
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    CHAPTER XXIII. MALIGNANT DISEASES OF THE EYE. SECTION I. Fungous growths not malignant SECTION II. Carcinoma of the eye SECTION III. Fungus hasmatodes of the eye Symptoms and progress Seat and nature of the disease Diagnosis; cancer and melanosis age of the patient Effusion of lymph after injuries Effusion of pus from internal in flammation Change of structure in the vitreou humor PAGE 689 693 697 ib. 699 705 706 707 ib. PAGE Yellow appearance in the pupil of doubtful seat and nature . . 708 Treatment; question of extirpation 709 Cases of supposed success . . ib. Proposal of evacuating the globe at an early period . . .711 Objections . . . . ib. Use of mercury . . . 713 Cases of fungus hsematodes . 714 SECTION IV. Melanosis of the eye . . 720 Cases . . f .722 [Melanotic deposit heneath the con- junctiva] .... 737 SECTION V. Extirpation of the eye . . 740 CHAPTER XXIV. OSSIFICATIONS. CALCULOUS CONCRETIONS. ENTOZOA IN THE EYE. SECTION I. SECTION*!!!. Ossification of various parts of the eye .... 742 SECTION II. Calculous concretions . 744 Entozoa in the eyes of* man and other vertebralia . , . . 745 Filaria in the aqueous humor . 746 Filaria under the conjunctiva and in the lens . % . . 747 Filaria and monostoma in the lens ib. Distoma in lens . . . ib. Cysticercus in the anterior chamber 748 Cysticercus in the subconjunctival tissue .... 750 CHAPTER XXV. AFFECTIONS OF THE ORBIT. SECTION I. Injuries .... 750 Penetrating wounds . . ib. Protrusion of the globe . . 752 SECTION II. Acute inflammation and suppura- tion of the orbital cellular texture 753 [Cases] . . . .754 SECTION III. SECTION IV. Protrusion of the globe from changes of obscure nature SECTION V. Induration of texture the orbital cellular SECTION VI. Chronic abscess in the orbit . 757 Tumors in the orbit Propagation of inflammation to the \ Operation of extirpation contents of the cranium . . 758 Steatomatous tumors 760 763 764 ib. 765