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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    CASE L Opacity of the Cornea, the sequel of Small-pox. John Wright, a porter, aged 23, No. 10, Bear Yard, says that he has been nearly blind in the right eye from small-pox, since he was two years old. Five years since he was attacked with violent opthalmia, in consequence of exposure to cold. He then applied to one of our Oph¬ thalmic Institutions, where he remained as an out-patient for eight months. For the first six months, he had, thrice a week, caustic applied to his left eye, after which black ointment for the remainder of the time, but without receiving benefit. He then went to another institution, where he remained an out-patient for seven months. The treatment here consisted in drop¬ ping into the eye a liquid, and at other times a