Treatment of the diseases of the eye, by means of prussic acid vapour, and other medicinal agents / [Alexander Turnbull].

  • Turnbull, Alexander, 1794 or 1795-1881.
Date:
1848
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Credit: Treatment of the diseases of the eye, by means of prussic acid vapour, and other medicinal agents / [Alexander Turnbull]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    35 confined to the house for a week at a time, through inflammation. The vapour was only applied for the space of a week, after which she could see much better. a The opacity was greatly diminished, and the eye¬ lashes began to resume their proper position. She continues to use the prussic acid vapour three or four times a week, and at the present time she is able to follow her occupations with comfort, and the eye is resuming all the appear¬ ance of health. She never has had occasion to pull one eye-lash out since I first saw her. She is now very comfortable, and can see tolerably well. This is the first case of the kind that I have treated with prussic acid. CASE 9. Conical Eye. William Stevens, aged 25, at No. 20, Grace- church Street, states that he had been for several