A practical treatise on the diseases of the eye / [John Vetch].

  • John Vetch
Date:
1820
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Credit: A practical treatise on the diseases of the eye / [John Vetch]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the atmosphere, attract. the other globules of vapour or suspended fluid, and produce in this manner extreme dryness; he also hints at the electrical state of the atmosphere, but we have no correct observations on this head; I am more con- vinced that it is caused by the eye fly, because the disease appears with them, which is always about the flowering of the tamarind tree ; they naturally buz about the eye, and are inconceivably trouble- some ; when one of them happens to get into it a most pungent pain is felt, but this is not fol- lowed by inflammation ; it is impossible to try experiments, as a touch to them is death; the cure is simple and certain. “ 1 shall give a translation of a paper I have just received from a native physician, who is under my authority. . The country sore eye attacks people from June to September. The leaves of the tamarind tree falling off, are succeeded by new leaves and flowers ; from the latter, sharp spicule fly off, and filling the air, are conveyed to the eyes, which causes inflammation. The first day there is a feeling of sand in the eye; the second it appears of a red colour, very pale, which becomes deeper on the third; the eyelids. swell and an itching pain occurs, which . obliges the patient to rub his eyes roughly, which greatly increases the pain and inflammation. The pain and inflammation continue for three days, and
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