Volume 1

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

  • Percivall Pott
Date:
1758
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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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    [ *6 ] moft frequently is, dependant on other caufes 5 that tho* by the fuppuration ofthe cellular membrane covering the faccu- lus, the upper part of the latter is fome- times floughy and burfts, yet the lower part of it, and the nafal duft, are often at the fame time perfectly found, and that there never is an ulcer or abfeefs with¬ in, let the difeharge appear ever fo puru¬ lent, while the skin is intire and pre- ferves its natural colour and foftnefs: cir- cumftances of great confequence in the treatment of this difeafe. If the cellular membrane inflames, the rednefs is of greater or leffer extent in different cafes; in fome it is confined merely to the furface of the facculus in the corner of the eye, in others it fpreads ftill farther and affefts the eye-lids, cheek, -or fide of the nofe. If the pun£ta lachrymalia are natu¬ rally large, the contents of the facculus will pafs off fo freely, that tho’the inflam¬ mation
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