Diphtheria of the conjunctiva / by Sydney Stephenson.
- Stephenson, Sydney.
- Date:
- [1902]
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Diphtheria of the conjunctiva / by Sydney Stephenson. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![MODEBA-TE. 12. Ellen E. E—, aat. 6 months. First seen on May 2Stli, 1898. Hackney, No. 978. , Historv —The right eye was noticed ten days ago lo ol swS u 4a discharging/ Since the e,e Wme mflamed child has lost flesh and has not talien hoi- food well. No dipli- hbourhood. , i i Tesent condiUon.--R.: lids red and swollen. The palpebral conjunctiva, which is in a similar state, is covered with a thm ' reyish membrane, that strips o£f readily. Cornea clea^^^. Tbeie is i reddish, serous discharge from the nostrils The right pre-airicular gland is enlarged, and some occipital glands aie ''faZZhgyt^^^^ preparations of the eye-discharges showed, Jen si^Sind examined with the microscope, beaded bacilli Tnd s^Utered diplococci Tubes of agar-agar inoculated wrth discharge and incubated for twenty-four hours at d7 6 con tained dIpMheria bacilli (long and short forms), along with cocci and diplococci {8. pyogenes albus). Moderate. 13. Beatrice S-, set. 9 months. Hackney. July 19th to ^Tvl^days'a'o the left eye was noticed to be red and swollen Four days ago child unable to open that eye. Since tJ eye began to dlcharge, the child has been feverish and ''tw c:ii^io..-Child pale and ill Temp. 99^^^ L.: oipper lid swollen and red, with threads P^^^«' Sj^^^^^^^^^^ d scharee stretching between the two eyelids. Detachable tSne tfbothSids, with reddened conjunctiva beneath. Thrmt nose tonsils, and vulva normal. i Iw.-Th^re were found --^.^''^f'^160, coniunclival secretions on sernm »<i ^='8'^^(l> I'^/ff:,-;'^ bacilli, (2) S.„e«es 'i^^-'f^^S^^'^^ SSi readily still present on eyelids. Unne normal. Cbild sleeps Ltd Jats well. July 23rd.-R. f-e ^^^^J^^^^^^J:;,, a mere trace of membrane remains. K^iee-jeiks piesen July 24th.-Urine normal. Trace of l^^^^^^^^^/ -^P ui^per lid the conjunctiva of which is i^ed and thicku ed. SSa dear. Left Jre-auricular gland - .^|^;\f ^^^^^ Urine free from albumen. Knee-]erks present. ChildjelL iNO disc4mrge from eyes, and conjunctiva pale. Angus 10th There is faint scarring of the palpebral conjunctiva of the left ey€](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21643374_0018.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
