On the treatment of certain injuries of the eye, ocurring in infants and young persons / by Richard Middlemore.

  • Richard Middlemore
Date:
[1840?]
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Credit: On the treatment of certain injuries of the eye, ocurring in infants and young persons / by Richard Middlemore. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    mation has subsided, and any inflamma- tion the globe, or any injury the cornea has sustained, has been either much moderated or altogether subdued. Just as, in other instances, when about to perform a surgical operation, we get the parts, upon which we propose to operate, in as quiet and tranquil a condition as possible beforehand, so here we act on the same principle, and, by freeing the eye from inflammation, place it in the most favourable state we can to sustain the irritation occasioned by the opera- tion we propose to perform. The operation is not suggested with a view of relieving pain or inflammation, or with the intention of preserving the vision of the opposite eye ; for it is pre- sumed that a somewhat slight wound of the cornea, and opacity, without displace- ment of the lens, will neither produce serious inflammation or severe pain of the afitcted eye, nor endanger the vision of its fellow. It is performed with a view of restoring the sight of the injured eye, and of preventing the establishment of that form of capsular cataract which, as I have previously explained, is always difficult of management*. I could readily append to this commu- nication a number—a very large num- ber—of cases which have occurred in my own practice, and which forcibly illus- trate the advantages of the plan of treat- ment now suggested, but am unwilling to lengthen this communication, and apprehend the explanations I have given, which embrace principles rather than details, render this measure in some sort unnecessary. * I may as well remark that It was for the re- moval of this capsular disease that I invented the needle-forceps described in the number of this
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