A practical treatise on the diseases of the eye / To which is prefixed, an anatomical introduction explanatory of a horizontal section of the human eyeball, by Thomas Wharton Jones. From the 4th rev. and enl. London ed. With notes and additions by Addinell Hewson.

William Mackenzie

Date:: 1855

Credit: A practical treatise on the diseases of the eye / To which is prefixed, an anatomical introduction explanatory of a horizontal section of the human eyeball, by Thomas Wharton Jones. From the 4th rev. and enl. London ed. With notes and additions by Addinell Hewson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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$Tere in mortario in pulverem subtilis- simum. Adde Axungite unciam. Misce, et fiat unguentum. Signa.—\_In Catarrhal Ophthalmia.'\ On going to bed, melt on the end of the finger about the bulk of a barleycorn of the salve, and anoint with it the edges of the eyelids. [/w Opacity of the Cornea.'] Having melted about the bulk of a barleycorn of the salve on the end of the finger, introduce it be- tween the eyelids, and, if possible, beneath the upper eyelid. Then rub gently, for about half a minute, the upper eyelid over the eyeball, so that the salve is applied to the speck. Repeat this each night at bed- time. [In Ophthalmia Tarsi.'] Having carefully bathed the eyelids, and removed with the finger-nail any matter which may be stick- ing to their edges or the eyelashes, melt about the bulk of a barleycorn of the salve on the end of the finger, and rub it well into the roots of the eyelashes, and along the edges of the eyelids. Repeat this every night at bedtime. 11. Extractum Belladonnas. R. Extracti Atropoe Belladonnis, drach- mas duas. Mitte cum extracto penicillum modicum. Siffna.—Having fomented the eye for ten minutes with a piece of flannel wrung out of hot water, dip the brush in water, and with this moisten the extract till it becomes like thick paint; then paint it upon the eyebrow and outside of the eyelids morning and evening. 12. Emplastrum Antimoniale. Inducatur linteum idonete formse et amplitudinis emplastro resinoso. Dein irroretur oleo tiglii crotonis, margine excepto. Postea saturetur oleum pulvere antimonii tartarizati. Signa.—Wai'm the plaster, apply it to the part indicated (behind the ear, to the tem- ple, &c.), keep it on for three days, then remove it; apply a poultice of bread and water for twenty-four hours, and afterwards dress the part morning and evening with lard or resinous ointment.$