A new and easy method of curing the fistula lacrymalis : to which is added, a dissertation on the epiphora vera, or, true watery eye, and the zeropthalmia, or dry eye / by Jonathan Wathen ; also, an appendix, on the treatment of patients after the operation for the cataract, in which are shewn, the evils attendant on long confinement and continued bandages, and an opposite practice recommended, illustrated with cases, by Jonathan Wathen Phipps.

  • Wathen, Jonathan, 1729-1808.
Date:
1792
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Credit: A new and easy method of curing the fistula lacrymalis : to which is added, a dissertation on the epiphora vera, or, true watery eye, and the zeropthalmia, or dry eye / by Jonathan Wathen ; also, an appendix, on the treatment of patients after the operation for the cataract, in which are shewn, the evils attendant on long confinement and continued bandages, and an opposite practice recommended, illustrated with cases, by Jonathan Wathen Phipps. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    i s9 ]' • . • r r The ufefulnefs of thefe few hints, drawn from pradice itfelf, will, I truft, apologize for this Treatife: which 1 fhall conclude by adducing a few cafes, out of the large number in which this treat- ment has been ufed, with the greatell fuccefs. • ’ r' • * • • . . T { : •• *-* • * ^ • ': ‘ ■>: • * CASE I. ‘ - ,-i J- - t rib U* Mrs. B. of Chatham, came to town in April 1791, and put herfelf under Mr. Wathen’s and my care. Her eyes were remarkably full and prominent, more; fo than any upon which I have ever opera- ted, or indeed ever feeji. On account of . this extreme projedtion of the eyes, and the violence with which I perceived the mufcles of the globe to adt beneath my fingers, I extended the incifion beyond the margin of the cornea, a little way into the .conjundtiva. With great care and attention, both cataradls were deli- vered with perfedl fuccefs, and fhe im- mediately faw every objedl we prefented to her. The eyes were bound up, as ufual;
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