On squinting, paralytic affections of the eye, and certain forms of impaired vision / by Carsten Holthouse.

  • Holthouse, Carsten, 1810-1890.
Date:
1858
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Credit: On squinting, paralytic affections of the eye, and certain forms of impaired vision / by Carsten Holthouse. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and is met with under five forms. In the first form, which has been technically called luscitas, there is inversion of one qye, with a total inability to evert it, or even, in some cases, to bring it into the centre of the orbit. In the second form, which is of rare occur- rence, there is also, in the ordinary condition, inversion of one eye; but the affection differs from luscitas, inasmuch as the individual has the power of moving the eye in every direction, and can even bring the axis of the eye parallel to the other, which cannot be done in ordinary stra-. bismus. The third form is that which is generally recognised as single convergent strabismus. In this the squint always affects the same eye, and has no tendency to shift to the opposite one while both are open; but it differs from the last- described form, in the sound eye always becoming inverted when the squinting eye is straight. Thus, when the sound eye is closed or shaded, the squinting eye becomes straight, and the sound one inverted. On uncovering the sound eye, the two return to their former position. The fourth form is the most frequent, and has
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