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Observations on that disorder of the corner of the eye, commonly called fistula lachrymalis / by Percivall Pott.

Percivall Pott

Date:: 1758

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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[ 16] IP the facculus is not much dilated; » ' the difeharge fmall, and produced prin¬ cipally by preflure, the chief inconveni¬ ence is the weeping eye $ but which by carefully attending to, many keep from being very troublefome, and rather chufe to bear than to fubmit to any of the me¬ thods propofed for a cure* > If the dilatation of the fac is confide- rable, the tumor is more vifible, and confequently the deformity is greater $ in this ftate the mucus is generally clou¬ dy, and the quantity which may be pref~ fed out is larger in proportion to the greater dilatation. If an inflammation comes on, the tu¬ mor increafes, the difeharge is larger as well during fleep as upon preflure, the skin lofes its natural colour and foftnefs, becomes hard* and acquires an inflamed rednefs, and with the mucus a mixture of fomething refembling matter is dif- charged 5 this added to the painful and inflamed

Observations on that disorder of the corner of the eye, commonly called fistula lachrymalis / by Percivall Pott.

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