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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![( [ 4 ] 6. The manner in which it has been treated. The ufual method therefore of call¬ ing every obftrudion or abfcefs of thefe parts by the one general name of fiftula iachrymalis, is wrong and apt to mif- Jead. Sometimes this difeafe is produced by a ferous kind of defluxion, by which the membrane of the fac and dud are fo thickned as to prevent or obftrud the paflage of the fluid through them into the nofe$ but the cellular fubftance on the outfide of the fac not being difcaf- ed, there is no appearance of inflamma¬ tion. In this cafe the dud is flopt, and the facculus dilated, without any alteration in the colour of the skin, a fulnefs ap¬ pears in the corner of the eye next the Bole; upon the application of a finger to this little tumor, a clear, vifcid mu- ? eus](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30785406_0001_0022.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
