The value of mercury in ophthalmic practice / by A. Emrys-Jones.

  • Emrys-Jones, A.
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[1888]
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    of nerve. L. iQ Jager; pupil active; optic nerve pale and atrophic. Ordered mercurial inunction. In a week saliva- tion: Mercury stopped and iodide ordered.—August 2nd. Vision greatly improved : R. and L. 4 J.August nth. House surgeon notes discs pale, vessels small. Vision: R I— L. I——. ' Ol/ic Neurilis with Haemorrhages.—]o\m U—, set. forty-nine, first attended the Eye Hospital on January iQth, 1884. when he gave the following history: His sight was good up to six months ago ; since then gradually failing; no pain in head; no vomiting; no loss of memory; no staggering gait. Two children living and healthy. Pupils fairly active. Ophthalmoscopically: some vitreous haziness in both eyes. Right eye : Blurnng of disc arid surrounding retina ; apparently not much swelling of disc, but almost complete obscuration of edges; one hemorrhagic spot on the inner side. Left eye same, but no haemorrhages. Vision: R. ^ vix L. ^. He was ordered ung. hydrarg. and iodide of potassium by Dr Mules, under whose care he was at that time; and by February 27th, 1884, his vision had improved: R. ^o. r^vix On March 6th, 1884, there was a large mem- braneous opacity in the right vitreous. Left vitreous clear still swelling of disc and' opacity of surrounding Retina. On December 13th, 1884. he came under my care when I noticed that both discs and ^^.'^^^^^f were hazy. No hemorrhages. Vision: ^9 J-both eyes. Ordered Donovan's mixture.—February i8th. ib J. R- and L At this date ordered mist, hydrarg perchlor. vton continued same.-March 10th 1885. Gave rnist DoTovan. Vision at this date r. + 6 = 9 i appearance of nntic nerves health er.—January loth, 1885. /ision . opt c nerves ^^.^^ j ^.^^^^^^^ ^„ case is°by no means brilliant; but I believe the use of mercury in various forms prevented the nerves becoming '^^^^tata^O.^ J—, .t. forty-nine, of Beaumaris consulted me on the 4th of December, 1881. He sSd that he had had slow fever a year previously fnd had been in bad health, and this led me to suspect .vnhilitic origin; he had seen things double, and rlld see better at wilight. and could not retain retinal impressions for any length of time. Field of vision much
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