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.

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    [ 7* ] it is neceffary to fupply their defeft and office by Tome fubftitute, that may in part at lead; anfwer the fame pur- pole. The quality of thefe fecretions is, how- ever, fo vifcid, and they adhere fo firmly, as not to be diffolved or detached from their fituations by the application of fim- ple aqueous fluids, even when rendered tepid. Nor is there any thing I have ever yet found fo efficacious for their removal as a faponaceous lotion, the well-known detergent or menftruum for infpiffated mucus. — Put three or four drops of the cauftic alcali into the eye-tumbler, and pour two ounces of clear tepid water on it, which will fill about two-thirds of the glafs. Apply it to the open eye, in which it may be continued for the fpace of a minute, or more. It will give little or no pain, and infallibly bring away all the morbid excretions from off the eye and its lids, and as inftantly remove what the patient calls the cloud from his fight. But as this will quickly return, its frc-
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