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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    open through its whole extent, and by applying ■upon its internal furface efcharotlcs, and after- wards detergent and aftringent remedies, fo as to reeftablifli a certain proportion between the capacity of the fac and the caliber of the nafal canal. 4. That the fijhda lachrymalis, accompanied with carles and perforation of the oj unguis, and of that portion of the pituitary membrane which covers it, together with an obliteration of the nafal canal, provided the caries has not pene- trated too deeply within the ethmoidal cells, particularly in unhealthy conftitutions, admits of a perfed: cure, without any Inconvenience remaining from the weeping of the eye, by merely deftroying the fungus within the cavity of the fac, by promoting the feparatlon of the edges of the carious and eroded bone, and by reftoring the cavity of the fac to its natural fizc, and healing it internally. 5. That in t\\c.fi/in]d lachrymalis, wdth denu- dation ot the os unguis, and an infuperable ob- flrudion of the nafal canal, in which it becomes necelTary, in order to effed a perfed cure of the difeafe, to make a new pallage for the tears from the fac into the nofe, the application of the cautery is preferable to the fimple perfora- tion ot the bone and pituitary membrane by means of the trocar; fmee the pall'agc in the os unguis docs not remain fufficientlv and con- a/ llantlv y