Eyesight, and how to care for it / edited by George Black.

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[1888]
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Credit: Eyesight, and how to care for it / edited by George Black. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Even when the conjunctiva only is affected, the eye may be seriously disabled by a growing together of the raw surfaces of the lid and ball. The lime should, of course, be instantly washed out, as thor- oughly as possible, with water, and any that may remain should be neutralized by bathing with a tea- spoonful of vinegar in a glass of water, or rendered inert by sweet-oil. The latter is equally efficient and more soothing. In case of injury by adds, one part of lime-wate- to three of water may be used, or the eye may be freel} bathed in milk. Sympathetic Ophihalmia.—When the eye is exten- sively lacerated by a wound, or when a foreign body is lodged in the ball, the effect is not always confined to the injured eye, but there is great danger of the other being lost by sympathetic inflammation. In nearly all such cases, the only safety from ultimate blindness is in the removal of the offending eye, which is no longer either useful or ornamental, but has become merely a dangerous de- formity, and sooner or later, some- times after many years, is pretty sure to give trouble. Fortunately, Fig. XV. the operation for the removal of Artificial Eye. a disorganized eye is not a serious one, and the result- ing disfigurement can, to a great extent, be concealed by the use of an artificial eye.