Experience with jequirity at the Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital, New York / by David Webster.
- Webster, David, 1842-1923
- Date:
- [1884?]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Experience with jequirity at the Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital, New York / by David Webster. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![were swollen, there was profuse lachrymation, and the photopho¬ bia was so great that the patient could with difficulty make his way about. Under the use of atropia, hot water, and “blue- stone ” the eyes improved slowly, but had recurring attacks of keratitis, the left being always the worse. Jequirity was finally applied to the left eye. He was treated as an out-patient, and came irregularly. The infusion was applied six or seven times during ten days. No characteristic membrane was formed, but considerable inflammation was excited. This was treated with atropine. Upon recovery the cornea was clear and the lids smooth. He was advised to have it applied to the right eye, but he said that “ one good eye was enough for him.” He has had no further trouble with it since jequirity was applied. Case 13.—Mrs. Addie O., aged twenty-six, came to the clinic Feby. 24, 1883, with “ trachoma and vascular keratitis,” and was ordered to come for an application of sulphate of copper three times a week. She lived out of town, however, and did not at¬ tend very often. July *]th.—She came to the clinic with her eyes much worse, and was advised to remain in the hospital. She did so, and sul¬ phate of copper was used on both eyes daily for four weeks. At the end of that time, R.V. = L.V. = Jequirity was then used on the left, being applied thrice daily, by dipping in the infusion a probe with a little cotton on the end of it, and sopping it on the everted lid. After seven applications a thick membrane was formed, and there was considerable swelling of the lids and chemosis. Iced cloths and atropine were then ordered, until the eye became quiet. After two weeks the application was repeated, a fresh infusion being used. Three applications produced the characteristic membrane, and iced cloths and atropine were again substituted. Meanwhile the right was treated with sulphate of copper, and after the inflammation in the left had subsided, sul¬ phate of copper was used on it also till the patient was discharged on Oct. 29th. When the patient came to the hospital all her letters had to be read to her, as she could not see to read them herself. After the inflammation from the second application of jequirity had subsided she read her own letters and postal cards, and wrote to her friends. Nov. 20th.—She came to the clinic for observation. The con¬ junctiva of both lids of the left eye was smooth. Both corneae were much clearer, the left apparently clearer than the right, and the vision of each eye was *](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30579727_0012.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
