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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![[ 59 ] snucus is made at firft, by which the parts about are heated and excoriated ; there¬ fore fomentation, cooling collyrias, c- pulotic cerates, frequent dreffing, with whatever can contribute to keep the parts clean and cool, muft be ferviceable as well as pleafant 5 nor fhould the ufe of a regimen and fiich medicines as are pro¬ per for the habit of the patient be neg~ letted. Dur ing the whole time that the fore is healing and contracting, the dutt ; - • /, ■ Ihould be conftantly kept pervious; and when the fore is quite healed, I would advife the continuance of a moderate ■ preffure, in 4order to prevent any new lodgment or accumulation of mucus in the facculus, which will fome- times happen in fpite of all endeavours to the contrary, even though the na- fal dutt remains free and open all the time.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30785406_0001_0067.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
