Volume 1
Observations on that disorder of the corner of the eye, commonly called fistula lachrymalis / by Percivall Pott.
- Percivall Pott
- Date:
- 1758
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Observations on that disorder of the corner of the eye, commonly called fistula lachrymalis / by Percivall Pott. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![[7 ] This fluid is derived principally from a large gland fituated under the upper edge of the orbit, near the outer corner of the eye $ the gland is of the conglo¬ merate kind, it lies in a fmalldepreflion of the os frontis, and its excretory duels, or thofe by which it difeharges the fe» creted fluid, pierce the tunica conjunc¬ tiva juft above the cartilaginous borders of the upper eye-lids While the caruncle was thought to be the fecretory organ of the tears, this gland was called glandula innominata $ but now that its ufe and office are known, it is called glandula lachrymalis. By irritation from any fharp or poig¬ nant particles, a large quantity of this fluid is immediately derived over the furface of the eye 5 fometimes alfo the paffions of the mind produce an imme¬ diate increafe of it, and then it is ftri&Iy and * Thefe du£ls are very confpicuous in fome brutes, but not in men. I](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30785406_0001_0015.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
