Diseases and injuries of the eye : their medical and surgical treatment / by George Lawson.

  • George Lawson
Date:
1880
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Credit: Diseases and injuries of the eye : their medical and surgical treatment / by George Lawson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    o disi3ect deeply into the sclerotic and cornea, even tliongh he origin of the tumour should ajjparently be below their ■, urfaees. Cysts of tite Coxjunctwa are generally the simple ■oerous cysts. They usually appear as small round or oval rranslucent bodies and occasion inconvenience onl}^ by . heir size or their position. Their most frequent site is in ;he fold of conjunctiva which is reflected from the lower id on to the globe. 'J'hey are easily removed by first -leiziug them with a pair of finely-toothed forceps, and ilhen with a pair of scissors snipping thi'ough the portion of conjunctiva which holds them. Wakts of the Conjunctiva usually grow from near the tr.arsal margins of the lids, but they may spring from other portions of the conjunctiva, and even cover a large ]oortion of the globe. They may either be pedunculated iiDr sessile. The proper trecdment is excision. INJURIES OP THE CONJUNCTIVA. EcCHYMOSiS OF TUB CONJUNCTIVA — SnhcQnjunctlval IHcemorrhage—may be caused by a blow on the eye, by i'conghing, or by any violent exeriion. The effused blood alt first appears as a bright red mark abruptly limited to n.a portion of the conjunctiva, but during the process of aibsorption the colour loses its intensity, and passes tlhrough a variety of shades which diffuse themselves cover the front of the eye. Treaimenf.—A few days' rest is generally all that is rrequired. Cold applications are grateful, and may be •■.used either by allowing the patient to sponge his eyes tthree or four times a day with cold water, or by prescribing fifor him some cool evaporating lotion (P. 49, 50). Lacerations op the Conjunctiva covering the eye, but without any other injury to the eye or eyelids, are gene- rrally occasioned either by the patient striking his eye aagainst some sharp projecting object which catches the •conjunctiva and tears it as the head is moved away; or '■else by some second person running a shutter, or a pole, • or whatever he may be carrying, against the eye. The injury is usually followed by swelling of the lids and con-