A guide to the diseases of the eye, and their treatment : for the use of students and young practitioners / by F.A. von Moschzisker.

  • Moschzisker, F. A. von (Franz Adolph)
Date:
1856
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Credit: A guide to the diseases of the eye, and their treatment : for the use of students and young practitioners / by F.A. von Moschzisker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    The eye-water recommended by Saunders, to which some quince mucilage may be added, is very suitable : I£ • Zinci Sulphat. gr. i. Aqua Distill. § i. The following prescription is very highly spoken of by Schmidt, and I have used it myself with good effect: J]c Aqua Distill. § x. Vitriol Alb. r> '• Ext. Saturn. 3 ss. Spt. Camphor, 3 ij. M. With this the eye should be washed from two to four times, daily. When the secretion of mucus is so profuse that the washing out with the solution must be performed every two or three hours, the proportion of the ingredients to the water should be reduced one-haif. On the con- trary, when the subject is an older child, or an adult, the strength of the solution must be increased. After the eye has been washed or syringed with tepid water, or with the eye-water, it should be carefully dried with a warm cloth and then covered with a compress rubbed over with camphor, or with a little bag of herbs. In the stage called the suppurative, and when ulcers present themselves on the cornea, the introduction into the eye, once or twice daily, of theLaudan. Liq. Sydenh., is of essential service. If the flow of puriform mucus diminish under this treat- ment, and yet much thin whitish mucus continues to be discharged from the eye ; or if the conjunctiva has a granu- lar appearance, the salve of mercury, or a simple mixture of ointment with mere, precip. nth., dispensing with all eye-waters during their use, will show their powers, and generally remove the disease within a few days. Slight remaining opacity of the cornea, as already stated, often