A new and easy method of curing the fistula lacrymalis : to which is added, a dissertation on the epiphora vera, or, true watery eye, and the zeropthalmia, or dry eye / by Jonathan Wathen ; also, an appendix, on the treatment of patients after the operation for the cataract, in which are shewn, the evils attendant on long confinement and continued bandages, and an opposite practice recommended, illustrated with cases, by Jonathan Wathen Phipps, surgeon.

Date:
1792
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Credit: A new and easy method of curing the fistula lacrymalis : to which is added, a dissertation on the epiphora vera, or, true watery eye, and the zeropthalmia, or dry eye / by Jonathan Wathen ; also, an appendix, on the treatment of patients after the operation for the cataract, in which are shewn, the evils attendant on long confinement and continued bandages, and an opposite practice recommended, illustrated with cases, by Jonathan Wathen Phipps, surgeon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ «7 ] rotica, and cabling a confiderable dlMen- tion. This may at firft be eafily reme- died, by making a few punctures. . But as this requires the infpedtion of the eyes themfelves, it could not in the old pradtice be accomplifhed; and the confequence was, that the retained fluids produced an appearance in the conjunc- tiva, fimilar to an ecchymofls, the in- flammation increafed, the fclerotica be- comes affedted, communicating the difeafe to the whole eye, and a fuppuration of the globe is the confequence. I will alfo add, a flight pforophthalmia is fometimes the companion of the cataradl; and tho’ this may be perfedtiy cured before the operation, yet afterwards it will gene- rally return, and the purulent dilcharge from the glandulae meibomei, being con- fined within the eye by the bandages, mixes with the tears, increafes their acri- mony, and becomes a further caufe of inflammation. Many minor objedtions might be made, but thefe appear the principal; and many G 4. of