The causes and prevention of blindness / by Ernst Fuchs ; translated by R. E. Dudgeon with a few notes by M. Roth.
- Ernst Fuchs
- Date:
- 1885
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The causes and prevention of blindness / by Ernst Fuchs ; translated by R. E. Dudgeon with a few notes by M. Roth. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Fluor alisus Foetal Foetus Follicle Fovea centralis A whitish mucous secretion from the vagina of women. Belonging to the foetus. The unborn or immature child, from the fifth month of preg- nancy till birth. A little bag or simple gland. A depression in the retina where that organ is most sensitive to the picture focused on it (see diag. F.) Glaucoma ... Gonorrhoea ... gonorrhoica) Gonorrheal ] Dimness or defect of vision accompanied by opacity of the vitreous humour and hardness of the eyeball. A disease of a mucous membrane, originating in the sexual organs. Belonging to gonorrhoea. Haemorrhage Hemeralopia Hyperemia ... Hypermetropic Hypopion A flow of blood. A defect of vision by which objects are only seen in broad daylight. Excess of blood in a part. The long sight of old age. A disease of the eye, attended with the presence of pus in the front chamber of the eye behind the cornea. Hypopion-Keratitis. Inflammation and abscess of cornea. Incubation Interstitialis ... Iridectomy Irido-choroiditis Iridocyclitis Iris Keratitis ... Keratomalacia Hatching, applied to the time taken by a disease to be developed after infection. Affecting the interstices of a membrane or tissue. An operation in which a portion of the iris is removed. Inflammation of the iris and choroid. Inflammation of the iris and ciliary body. The variously coloured membrane, pierced by a round hole (the pupil) which serves as a diaphragm to cut off super- fluous rays of light from the retina (see diag. I.) Inflammation of the cornea. Disease, accompanied by softening of the cornea. Lamellar ... Lazar-houses Leprosy Leucorrhoea Leucoma In layers. Hospitals for quarantine. Disease in which the skin becomes excessively thickened and nodulated ; called also elephantiasis. Mucous discharge from female genitals. A milky opacity of the cornea, left by the scar of an ulcer or wound.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21285408_0266.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
