On the postfebrile ophthalmitis / by Andrew Anderson.
- Anderson, Andrew, 1818-1870.
- Date:
- 1845
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: On the postfebrile ophthalmitis / by Andrew Anderson. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![86 3t/. Can read small type; pain continues at niglit.—O/. ric. y.; vesp. rep, pulv. Doveri, 4:th. Pain all but gone.—Sumt. pilul. cal et opii. mane et vesp. tantum. Repr, vesic. 6th. Pain gone.— Omt. medic. 8th. Redness gone; reads small type easily, complaining only of slight gene- ral dimness of vision. Left eye myopic; lie cannot make out distant objects; pupil of this eye is smaller than the other, but there is no difference between the eyes in point of firmnesSj or convexity of the cornea, whether judged of by looking at it in profile, or by comparing the images of a candle on each coi nea, —Bellad. ad palp oc utriusqu. 9th. Right pupil most dilated; myopia ]ess:—Ablue bellad. lOth. Left pupil of natural size, right still dilated. The interposition before the right eye of a diaphragm, with an aperture of the same diameter as the left pupil, does not affect the adaptive power of the eye. 11th. Vesic. ad tempus. 22d. Vision perfect at the normal distance; left pupil still the smaller. Dismissed cured. Case 34. Postfebrile Opthalmitis, ivilh softness o f eyeball, and myopia—cure, —13647. Margaret Donochie, aged 18, Jan. 23, i844. Since recovery, three weeks ago, from relapse after fever, has had much weakness, some oedema of feet, and epiphora of both eyes. Was exposed to cold two days ago, and yesterday morning began to see dimly with left eye, which became painful a few hours after. There is some tenderness of eyeball, which is somewhat softer than the other, and the sclerotic is rosy. Pupil sensitive; surface of iris dull; can read small type easily, but only when placed within four inches of eye; pulse feeble.—Hirud. vi. ad palpebras. Sumt. sulph. magn. f^i. 24:th. Sumt. ter in die pil. cal. et opii. SOth. Mouth sore; reads at the usual distance, and there are no muscce: eye- ball firm.— Vesic. ad tempus. Omit. pil. Case 85. Postfebrile Ophthalmitis; photopsia—Successful treatment by deple- tion, mercury, and colchicum—subsequent myopia.—13635. Elizabeth Anderson, aged 15, Jan. 19, 1844. Recovered three months ago from relapse after fever. Two days before admission became affected with epiphora of right eye, with ocular and supraorbital pain. The eyeball is now soft and tender, and there is considerable sclerotic and some conjunctival redness. Was troubled at first with muscae volitantes, which now no longer exist; but she has had photopsia for two or three days back. Can just read numbers on tickets. The gre}^ iris is slightly darkened, the pupil sluggish and dim; pulse quick, and rather weak. — V.S.; bellad. ad palp. Sumt. vesp. pulv. purg., c. m. sulph. mag. ^i. 20th. ^xn of blood; clot large, dark and soft; pain not relieved, but photop- sia gone; redness less, and pupil of moderate size.—Sumt. ter in die pil. hyd. gr.iv. Ext. colch. gr.i, Pulv. opii. gr.ss. Hirud. iv. ad palp, dexiri. 21st. Pain nearly gone; veins of sclerotic congested; no stool. 22d. Mouth affected; pupil clearer; reads numbers on tickets easily,—Sumt. pil. vesp. tantum et ter in die vini colch. gits. xxv. 2^d. Can just read large type; mouth sore.— Omitt. pil. 26th. Sclerotic congestion nearly gone, but minute vascularity continues; pupil clear. 2Qth. Reads large type easily; redness less; eyeball pretty firm, pain gone.— Omitt. colch.; Sumt. sulph. mag. f^ss. 29th. Reads small type; sclerotic still slightly red; general dimness of vision, but no muscae.—Rep. sulph. mag. 80th. Some myopia.— Vesic. ad temp. dext. Feb. Sd. Continues to improve. Case 36. Postfebrile Ophthalmitis, with softening of eyeball. Mercury and colchicum administered. The eyeball becomes firm. Cure.—13479. Ronald](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21451801_0040.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
