Practical observations on the principle diseases of the eyes : illustrated with cases / translated from the Italian of Antonio Scarpa with notes, by James Briggs.

  • Scarpa, Antonio, 1752-1832.
Date:
1806
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Credit: Practical observations on the principle diseases of the eyes : illustrated with cases / translated from the Italian of Antonio Scarpa with notes, by James Briggs. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    it gives the paticat little uneafinefs, and pro- duces dally a greater contraction of the lachry- mal fac: whether it efFeCls this by (imply (11- mulatlng it, or by promoting an abundant dlf- charge of humour, with which, in this fccond (lage of the difeafe, the membrane forming the fac is loaded, the faCl is, that at every applica- tion the do(Ti] of lint, introduced into the cavity of the fac, is covered with a whitKh (lough re- fembling cotton; and that by perfiftlng in thli treatment the capacity of the fac is gradually dimlnilhed. If it (hould appear to refid thefe applications the whole cavity of the fac (hould be filled with the hydrarg. nitrat. ruber, either alone or mixed with a little alum, and (hould be alfo repeatedly touched with the argentum nitratum,if neccffary. By means of thefe powerful efcharotics the iriter-? nal (urface of the fac will be reduced to the (late of a (imple ulcer, the healing of which mud be neceflarlly attended with a correlpondlng con- traction of its cavity. The mod fcrupulous attention ought to' be paid at each drefling, that the external edges of the wound are kept open,- and only fuffered to contract in proportion to the red of the fac, cither by the introduction of lint or fponge. While thefe means are employed for the purpofe of reducing the fac to its natural fize, it will be proper to introduce between the