Practical observations on the principal diseases of the eyes: illustrated with cases / Translated from the Italian ... with notes, by James Briggs.

  • Antonio Scarpa
Date:
1806
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Credit: Practical observations on the principal diseases of the eyes: illustrated with cases / Translated from the Italian ... with notes, by James Briggs. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Richter.* The phenomena which are ufually obferved to happen in confequence of this treat- | I ment, are the following: the patient,.after hav- | ing vomited copioufly, feels more eafy and com» fortable than before. Sometimes on the fame day on which he has taken the emetic he be- gins to diftinguifh the furrounding objects ; at other times this advantage is not obtained till the 5th, the 7th, or 1oth day; and. in fome cafes not till fome weeks after the adhibition of the emetic, and the uninterrupted ufe of the, opening powders or pills. As foon as the pa- tient begins to recover his fight the pupil 1s . found lefs dilated than before, and is alfo more contracted when expofed to the vivid light of a candle; and in proportion as the power of vi- fion augments, this contraéiion and mobility of the pupil increafes. . Upon the whole, the cure Antim. tartariz. grana xvj. Suc. liquirit. drachmam unam F.Pilul. gran. taioe | The patient fhould take 15 of thefe pills, morning and evening, for the {pace of 4 or even 6 weeks. *R. ed Ammoniac, Aff, foetid. Sap. venet. Rad. Valerian, s. p. Summit. arnicz an, drachmas duas. Antim., tartariz. gran. Xvi]. i. pio granofpm. ‘ duorum. “The patient fhould take We. of ave pil i times a day for. _fome weeks, is