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

  • Lawrence, William, Sir, 1783-1867.
Date:
1847
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Credit: A treatise on the diseases of the eye / By W. Lawrence. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    PAGE Medullary tumors . . . 767 Encysted tumors . . . 768 Cysts containing hydatids . . 772 SECTION VII. Aneurismal affections in the orbit 773 Aneurism by anastomosis . . 774 Aneurism of the ophthalmic artery 775 [Periostitis of orbit] . . 777 [Rheumatic inflammation of the tu- nica vaginalis oculi] . . 782 SECTION VIII. Affections of the muscles in the orbit 789 Injuries—paralytic affections—oph- thalmoptosis . . ib. Irregular motions . . . 790 Nystagmus; tetanus; monoblepsis ib. Diplopia . . . . ib. Squinting; general description . 792 Causes .... 794 State of the affected muscles . 798 Thickening and induration of the cellular texture . . . 799 Treatment . Operation of dividing the recti mus- cles . Cases proper for the operation Position of the patient Operation on the internal straight muscle with the curved director and knife . Operation with forceps and scissors Operation with blunt hook . Specula for separating and fixing the eyelids Double convergent strabismus [Editor's method of operating] Treatment after the operation Effects of the operation on the inter- nal straight muscle Effects on the position and motions of the eye Effects on vision Causes of failure in the operation Incomplete division of the tendon or of cellular adhesion Unnatural eversion; prominence of the eye .... [Results of the operation, &c] Luscitas . PAGE 799 801 801 802 803 804 ib. ib. 807 808 811 812 ib. 813 815 815 ib. 816 818 CHAPTER XXVI. AFFECTIONS OF THE LACHRYMAL ORGANS. SECTION I. SECTION V. Injuries of the lachrymal apparatus 819 Foreign substances in the puncta lachrymalia . . . ib. SECTION II. Diseases of the lachrymal gland 819 Enlargement and induration . 820 Hydatid of the lachrymal gland . 825 SECTION III. Epiphora, or watery eye . . 825 Sullicidium lachrymarum . . 826 SECTION IV. Diseases of the semilunar mem- branes and caruncula lachrymalis 827 Encanthis . . . . ib. [Spontaneous hemorrhage from the caruncula lachrymalis] . . ib. Affections of the lachrymal sac and nasal duct Capillary aperture of the sac Inflammation of the internal angle Acute inflammation of the sac Chronic inflammation of the lachry mal sac Permanent obstruction of the nasal duct Hernia sacci lachrymalis . Hydrops sacci lachrymalis . Various modes of treatment; probe and syringe Inje'ction of the sac with quicksilver Tube in the nasal duct Enlargement of the duct by catgut Introduction of instruments from the nose . . . . Use of the silver style [Lubbock's operation] [Treatment by dilatation with Anel's probes] . [Morgan's curved probe] [Congenital absence of nasal duct] 828 ib. 829 ib. 831 833 ib. ib. 834 835 ib. 837 ib. 838 839 840 842 843