Ophthalmic hints : diagnosis and treatment of affections of the eye commonly met with in general practice / by A. St. Clair Buxton.

  • Buxton, Alfred St. Clair.
Date:
1890
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Credit: Ophthalmic hints : diagnosis and treatment of affections of the eye commonly met with in general practice / by A. St. Clair Buxton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    NEAR TYPES. Tt/pc No. I.—Diamond, The period dming which iccdi retain iheir vitilhy it very variable. Melon-ierdi have been known 10 vcRCiale after f.i'Cy year*. Sretl. capable of ^erminaiiiii; have been •taled to h&ve brtn foiindin K Roman tmnb. fifieen or diieen cenuirict i-ld. (M. C. Ccoke.) Type No. 11.—Pearl. The coinniun M-ay in whiyli we reaeoTi, is to expect lliat things will ha])pen as tliey have happened before in like clrenniatancea. Seeing a bright flash o£ ifhtning, 1 expect thunder to follow, because it has followed blight flashes of lightning in previous cases. {Prof. Jecont.) Type No. IV.—Minion. The evuptiou of Roseola is preceded for a day or two Ly slight febrile disturbance, which subsides as the rash be- comes developed, and there is commonly some dryness and redness of the fauces. (_Balmo.nno Squire.) 7)ipe No. VI.—Bonrcjeoia. Squint or Strabismus exists if tlie visual axes are not botli directed to the same object. A squint may be the result either of overactiou or of weakness or paralysis of a muscle : the internal rectus by exces- sive contractiou often causes convergent squint; most other forms, as well as some convergent cases, result from actual defect of nervous or muscular power. {Edward Ncttlcship.) Type No. VIIL—Small Pica. It would appear then to be a just conclu- sion from these data, that infectiveness is no longer to be considered as a mark of speci-