A treatise on the diseases of the eye / by W. Lawrence.

  • Sir William Lawrence, 1st Baronet
Date:
1854
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Credit: A treatise on the diseases of the eye / by W. Lawrence. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PAGE Operation of extirpation . . . 840 Steatomatosis tumours . . . 841 Medullary tumours .... 842 Encysted tumours .... 844 Cysts containing hydatids . . . 847 [Additional remarks] . . . 848 SECTION VII. Aneurismal affections in the orbit . 849 Aneurism by anastomosis . . . 849 Aneurism of the ophthalmic artery . 851 [Periostitis of orbit] .... 854 [Rheumatic inflammation of the tu- nica vaginalis oculi] . . . 859 SECTION VIII. Affections of the muscles in the orbit 865 Injuries—paralytic affections . . 865 Ophthalmoptosis .... 866 Irregular motions .... 866 Nystagmus; tetanus ; monoblepsis . 866 Diplopia ...... 866 [Case of Diplopia] .... 866 Squinting; general description . . 868 [Diagnosis] ..... 870 Causes 873 State of the affected muscles . . 876 Thickening and induration of the cel- lular texture ..... Treatment ..... [Prismatic spectacles] Operation of dividing the recti muscles Cases proper for the operation . Position of the patient Operation on the internal straight muscle with the curved director and knife ...... Operation with forceps and scissors . Operation with blunt-hook Specula for separating and fixing the eyelids ...... Double convergent strabismus . [Editor's method of operating] . Treatment after the operation . Effects of the operation on the inter- nal straight muscle Effects on the position and motions of the eye ...... Effects on vision .... Causes of failure in the operation Licomplete division of the tendon or of cellular adhesion Unnatural eversion; prominence of the eye [Results of the operation, &c.]. Luscitas ...... 877 878 879 881 881 883 884 884 887 888 893 894 894 895 897 897 897 898 900 CHAPTER XXVI. AFFECTIONS OF THE LACHRYMAL ORGANS. SECTION I. Injuries of the lachrymal apparatus . 901 Foreign substancss in the pnncta lach- rymalia. ..... 901 [Calculi in lachrymal canals] . . 901 SECTION II. Diseases of the lachrymal gland . 903 Enlargement and induration . . '.'ill Hydatid of the lachrymal gland . 909 SECTION III. Epiphora, or watery eye . . . 909 Stillicidiuin lachrymarum . . . 910 SECTION IV. Diseases of the semilunar membranes and caruncula lachrymalis . .911 Encanthis. . . . . .91] [Spontaneous hemorrhage from the caruncula lachrymalis] . . . 912 SECTION V. Affections of the lachrymal sac and n.i-.-il duct .... Capillary aperture of the sac Inflammation of the internal angle Acute inflammation of the sac . Chronic inflammation of the lachrv mal sac ..... Permanent obstruction of the nasal duct ..... Hernia sacci lachrymalis . Eydropa sacci lachrymalis Various modes of treatment; probe and syringe .... [Editor's mode of treatment] j .Mcirg.-ui's curved probe Injection of the sac with quicksilver Tube in the nasal duct Enlargement of the duct by catgut Introduction of instruments from the nose ..... Use of the silver style [ Lubbock's operation] [Congenital absence of nasal duel !H:; 913 913 913 915 917* 917 918 918 919 922 928 92.'! 924 925 926 926 980 ADDENDUM ii;;:l