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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![t«6] dire&ions we find in the beft of thefe writers, to rafp the bone (fcalpris abra- dere), and to imprefs the hot iron with fome force that it may be the fooner ex¬ foliated (ut citius fquama abfcedat) plain¬ ly prove either that they were not aware of the nature and ftru&ure of the os un¬ guis, or that they did not intend to ap¬ ply their inftruments to it $ if the former was the cafe, the perforation was in ge¬ neral accidental, if the latter, they mud frequently do mifehief $ that is, they mud: break, burn and deftroy parts that have lit¬ tle or nothing to do with the difeafe. I n all cafes where the bones are ca¬ rious, or in which the natural paiTage is deftroyed or rendered totally and abfo- lutely ufelefs, this operation is allowed by all to be neceffaryj but pra&itioners ftill differ about the inftrument where¬ with to perform it, fome continuing to ufe the cautery, which burns at the fame time that it perforates, others tiling an inftrument which, like a tere- brai](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30785406_0001_0076.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
