Ophthalmic and otic memoranda / By D.B.St. John Roosa ... and Edward T. Ely.

  • Ely, Edward T. (Edward Talbot), 1850-1885
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[1885]
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Credit: Ophthalmic and otic memoranda / By D.B.St. John Roosa ... and Edward T. Ely. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ner of origin, from any other purulent con- junctivitis. An extremely virulent, purulent inflammation, caused by inoculation from urethral discharge. May destroy eye in few hours. Conjunctivitis in 7iewly-born : Ophthal- ?nia neonatorum [Gr. veoS, new, and Lat. natns, born] : catarrhal or purulent conjunc- tivitis of infants, usually appearing shortly- after birth, and caused by contact with vagi- nal discharges of mother ; mav also occur from other causes, as exposure, tilth, &c, and not appear until several weeks after birth. All grades of severity. Treatment: same as in similar inflamma- tions of adult, regulated by severity of attack. It is believed by many that, in infants, caustics are needless and injurious ; and that a mild astringent application is sufficient. Diphtheritic conjunctivitis: Occurs in course of diphtheria, and also results from same causes as other forms. Begins with great heat, redness, swelling, and tenderness of lids, with rigidity from fibrinous injiltra- tion. Firm swelling of conjunctiva from same cause, and pale, smooth, glistening ap- pearance of its surface. Sometimes grayish exudation-membranes on conjunctiva, which may be stripped off. Discharge of flakes of lymph. Advanced stage marked by soften- ing of parts, from disappearance of fibrinous matter, and by discharge of pus. Great ten-