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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    tive inflammation may result from same causes as other forms. Is a dreaded result of opera- tions involving corneal incision, especially in old and feeble. Bruised and lacerated wounds apt to cause it. One of the dangers of severe conjunctivitis. Occurs in paralysis of fifth pair, as netiro-paralytic ophthalmia. Such paraly- sis renders cornea anaesthetic, hence insensible to action of external irritants, and seems also to exercise bad influence upon its nutrition. Treatment includes ordinary remedies for keratitis (p. 100). Special cases call for special means. Not customary to evacuate pus ex- cept in hypopion. Even large hypopion is often reabsorbed. Often essential to keep intra-ocular pressure reduced : clone by para- centesis or iridectomy. Paracentesis may be repeated frequently. Hot fomentations are often useful, especially in asthenic form, where there is danger of rapid death of tissue. In neuro-paralytic form it is necessary to protect cornea by bandage. In deep ulcers it is bet- ter to perform paracentesis through their base than to allow spontaneous perforation. In in- dolent superficial ulcers Sasmisch's operation sometimes succeeds. Pannus [Lat. panmis, a rlolh]:—is, strict- ly speaking, a non-inflammatOry, superficial, vascular opacity of cornea—a neoplastic for- mation left by preceding inflammation. The term, however, is also applied to acute and chronic vascular keratitis, where formation of