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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    (lencv to relapses, which threaten to protract the disease indefinitely. If a large pustule develops in the center of the pupil, permanent impairment of vision is the unavoid- able result. In strumous subjects external conditions, such as food, living-quarters, cleanliness, etc., have a marked effect on the outcome of the disease. Treatment.—General measures to neutralize the evil effects of the strumous habit are the first requisite. If the patient’s surroundings as to food, lodging, and clean- liness are unsatisfactory, every effort should be made to get him into a hospitid, where his diet can be carefully regulated. Iron (ferr. sacch. solub. [the Editor prefers the iodids of iron, to which Fowler’s solution may be added]) has a stimulating effect on the appetite, especially for meats, and acts as a general tonic. This should be supplemented by saline baths, and during the winter with cod-liver oil; in obstinate cases good results are some- times obtained by a course of sweating. Locally, atropin in sufficient quantities (3-8 drops of a sterile 1 per cent, solution or several applications of atropin-vaselin) to check the pain is indicated. A com- press-bandage, which in itself tends to allay the pain, is then applied to guard against secondary infection and purulent infiltration of the abrasions, which are very apt to occur in eczema. The best form of bandage consists of one wound over a pad of cotton, which is kept moist with a 1 : 5000 solution of mercuric chlorid, more particu- larly if there is catarrh. The dressing must not be re- moved until every single abrasion is sufficiently covered with epithelium. To check the catarrhal secretion, which does not contraindicate the bandage, the tarsal conjunctiva should be painted once every day with a 1 to 2 per cent, solution of silver nitrate. If purulent infiltration has set in around the pustules, near the corneal margin, for instance, the bandage should be tightly drawn. This is the only condition in which ])ressure is desirable in the application of the dressings. Before the caustic treatment of fascicular keratitis was