A treatise on diseases of the eye : for the use of general practitioners / by H.C. Angell.

  • Henry Clay Angell
Date:
1870
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A treatise on diseases of the eye : for the use of general practitioners / by H.C. Angell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER II. EXAMINATION OF THE EYES. OBJECTIVE EXAMINATION. AFTER a glance at the exterior aspect of the lids, their margin, the cilia, the general appearance of the eyeball as to position or prominence, we may turn our attention to the different tunics of the globe which permit of examination from without. For this purpose a good light is necessary, and the best, generally speaking, is that which falls obliquely on the eye of the patient from a very near window. A still stronger light may be had, when necessary, by lateral illumination, as explained in the chapter on the Ophthalmoscope. If we suspect a foreign body, if conjunctivitis with discharge be present, if the lids seem thickened, if any sensation is complained of beneath the upper lid, if there is enlargement of the mucous papille of the lower’ lid, the upper lid should be reversed. This proceeding requires but a mo- ment, can never do harm, and may often give us at once the key to the difficulty.
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