Defects of sight and hearing : their nature, causes, prevention, and general management / by T. Wharton Jones.

  • Thomas Wharton Jones
Date:
1859
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    the avoidance of whatever is calculated U) Operate bjttrioiM- ]y on the system in general, snob as exposure to the weather, exosssive oorporeal exertion, errora of diet, .Ve- in some inflammations of the eve there i> great intole- rance of light; in other inflammations there is little or none at all. When the intolerance of light is great, the patient may be kept in darkness. But it is to be home in mind that long exclusion of the light renders the eyes un- duly sensitive. During convalescence, therefore, even though the eyes be -till more or less impatient of the light, the room occupied by the patient should not be quite dark- ened. It will be sufficient to moderate the light by the blinds and curtains. Under such circumstances, a blue, green, or grey tint of the walls of the room best suits the Bright-colored objects should he removed from the room. Use (iikJ abuse of Eye-waters, Salves, and Warm and Cold Applications />> the Eyes. It is a vulgar error, and a very serious one, to suppose that eye-waters or salves are the appropriate remedy for every disease of the eyes, no matter of what kind. In in- ternal inflammations of the eyes, the common irritating iters and salves are both useless and destructive; and this not only by the direct injury inflicted, but as lead- ing to a neglect of the proper general treatment. In the mere superficial inflammations, on the contrary, more good is often effected by means of such applications than by any other kind of remedy. There are two substances in very common use as ingre-