Atlas of the external diseases of the eye : including a brief treatise on the pathology and treatment / by O. Haab ; Authorized translation from the German, edited by G.E. de Schweinitz.

  • Haab O. (Otto), 1850-1931.
Date:
1899
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    with dilute acetic acid, 1 drop to 10-20 drops of water, as a collyrimn. Relief is sometimes obtained from sur- ojieal removal of the larger nodules. [Boroglycerid acts well ; the internal administration of arsenic has some repute.—Ed.] B. CIRCUMSCRIBED INFLAMMATIONS OF THE CONJUNCTIVA. In contradistinction to the continent forms of inflamma- tion, in which the palpebral conjunctivae are chiefly in- volved, we find that in the circumscribed varieties the pupillary region is the j)rincipal seat of the lesion. The most important representative of the group is 7. Eczematous, Phlyctenular, or Scrofulous Conjunctivitis. This is absolntely the commonest form of all inflamma- tions of the conjunctiva, general or circumscribed. Horner gave it the name of eczema. Its dermoid character be- comes manifest by the distinct clinical associatio;i with eczema of the lids, face, and head, on the one hand, and of the cornea itself, on the other, and by its appearance, in common with all other forms of eczema, in scrofulous subjects. In the absence of a scrofulous habit, some reduced condition of health and nutrition, either from anemia or as a result of measles, scarlatina, pertussis, etc., will usually be recognized as the predisposing cause. The disease occurs most frecpiently during the .scrofulous period—/. c., in childhood ; rarely in the first year of life or after puberty. It rarely appears for the first time in adult life, but is sometimes seen in persons who have had an attack in their childhood. Like other diseases of the eye, phlyctenular conjunc- tivitis chiefly attacks the ill-fed and ill-kejit children of the poor. We find associated with it swollen submaxil- lary and cervical glands, chronic nasal catarrh and eczema of the nasal mucous membrane, and eczema of the upper lip. [The rhinopharyngeal lesions are always present in y