Lectures on the operative surgery of the eye or, an historical and critical inquiry into the methods recommended for the cure of cataract, for the formation of an artificial pupil, &c. &c. &c. : containing a new method of operating for cataract by extraction ... being the substance of that part of the author's course of lectures on the principles and practice of surgery which relates to the operations on that organ / by G. J. Guthrie.

  • George James Guthrie
Date:
1827
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Credit: Lectures on the operative surgery of the eye or, an historical and critical inquiry into the methods recommended for the cure of cataract, for the formation of an artificial pupil, &c. &c. &c. : containing a new method of operating for cataract by extraction ... being the substance of that part of the author's course of lectures on the principles and practice of surgery which relates to the operations on that organ / by G. J. Guthrie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    advantageous, sometimes the reverse,-501. May be the cause of inflammation, and not to be attempted, 50]. Generally acts on the capsule, and not on the iris, 502. If the lens be found too hard, the remaining steps of the operation to be deferred, 502. Two-thirds at least of the iris must be divided, 502. The incision will yet often be too small, 502. Opinion of Sir W. Adams, 502. Objections to it, 503. In such cases, the operation with the scissors, or the core- dialysis, to be preferred, 504. Opinions of Maunoir and Scarpa on this point, referred to, 504. Objections to these opinions, 505. Objections of Scarpa to the operation of division by the knife, exa- mined, 506. Objections of Sir W. Adams to the operation with the scissors, examined, 506. The author's opinion on these points, 507. In a case in which the lens is very hard or ossified, the scis- sors to be preferred, 512. The lancet-edged scissors recommended, as made by Mr. Stodart, according to the suggestion of Dr. Wol- laston, 512. Operations on an adherent oapsule, 512. When co- riaceous, by opening the cornea and extracting it with hook or for- ceps, 513. When the pupil is closed by an adventitious membrane, Scarpa's needle may be used, 513. Operation attempted for the formation of an artificial pupil, by inducing inflammation on the iris, whilst the pupil is dilated, 513. General Treatment after the Operation. Twofold, to prevent, and to subdue inflammation, 514. Inflamma- tion always to be expected, 514. Preparation before the operation, 515. Great reliance to be placed on blood-letting afterwards, 515. On the utility of mercury in iritis, 517. Equally valuable when oc- curring from a wound, 517- On local blood-letting, 517. The utility of the antimonium tartarisatum, in nauseating doses, 517. The inutility of this medicine, in active internal inflammation of the eye, when it produces incessant vomiting, 518. Pain not constantly present in inflammation of the eye, running on even to suppuration, 518. Treatment of the wound in the cornea, 519. Patient generally obliged to wear glasses, 519. Second Class. Section a, 520. The most favourable for the operation of excision (corectomia), 521. Method of performing it, 521. The opening in the cornea to be made with a rip, 521. Mr. Gibson's opinion 521. Sir W. Adams's opinion,- 522. Professor Beer's claim stated, 525.