The practice in the Liverpool Ophthalmic Infirmary, for the year 1834 : being the first special report / by Hugh Neill.

  • Neill, Hugh
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1835
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Credit: The practice in the Liverpool Ophthalmic Infirmary, for the year 1834 : being the first special report / by Hugh Neill. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ON THE USE OF STRYCHNINE IN AMAUROSIS. BY HUGH NEILL, SURGEON TO THE LIVERPOOL OPHTHALMIC INFIRMARY. [See No. 2 of the Liverpool Medical Journal, published by an Association of Physicians and Surgeons.'] The beneficial effects of Strychnine, in Amaurotic affections, have been so fully pointed out by Drs. Shortt and Heathcote, and Messrs. Guthrie, Liston, and Middle- more, that it would be superfluous in me to attach any preface to the history of the following cases. I shall, therefore, merely add that in no instance have I seen Strychnine useful in Amaurosis, if internally administered; nor in any have I seen it successfully used where the Iris had completely lost its motion. In many cases also, where I have used it with advantage, no twitchings were perceived by the patient; but just about the time that sight began to improve, a very considerable sensation of bitterness was communicated to the palate, a few hours after each application of the remedy. It is also but justice to acknowledge, that I have often been disappointed in the use of Strychnine, in cases where I had looked for the happiest results. Case 1.—In September, 1831, I was consulted by the late B ■ H , Esq., upon a disease under which he had been labouring for several years—Diplopia, having some extraordinary peculiarities. Mr. H. had resided for many years in the Brazils, and although a moderate liver, was liable to repeated attacks of Dyspepsia. It was during one of these pro- tracted illnesses, that he first became affected with the following symptoms—nausea and vertigo, followed by permanent Strabismus and Diplopia in the left eye; and a constant sound of rushing waters in the ear of the same side. The colours, blue, red, orange, and yellow, appeared
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