Cases in ophthalmic practice : with notes and observations / by Edward Nettleship.
- Edward Nettleship
- Date:
- [1890?]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Cases in ophthalmic practice : with notes and observations / by Edward Nettleship. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![now so hazy that no details whatever of the fundus could be seen; the vitreous appeared to be full of fine dust-like opaci- ties, for only a very few of the large films visible at the former date could now be seen. July 1st.—There is now iritis in theL.; an adhesion and slight ciliary congestion. August 25th.—Y. very little better. L. eye examined under atropine. Abundant, dense, beaded strings in the vitreous. Many patches of choroiditis disseminata at the lower part of the periphery, some atrophic, others apparently in the exudation stage. Disc doubtfully pale, and retinal vessels slightly dimi- nished. Octoher 10th.—Complains that her sight varies on different days. JSfovemher 14:th.—Y. letters of 16 Jaeger. December 12th.—Worse; cannot make out 16 Jaeger. March, 1877.—Sight has again relapsed. May 15th.—Spells 16 Jaeger. July ] 7th.—Y. had been much better, so that she could see to do her ironing. A few days ago it again relapsed, and to-day she can barely spell 16 Jaeger. JSfovenftber 13th.—Y. again dimmer for the last few days. April 16th, 1878.—Y. had been much better lately until to- day ; to-day (a very dull day) she sees only 16 or 18 Jaeger. She is a dark complexioned, thin, rather small woman, and has long ago lost aU her teeth. For the first fifteen months of her attendance she took gray powder, in from two to three-grain doses, sometimes twice, sometimes thrice daily, without intermission. Since July, 1877, the dose has been reduced to one grain daily. She has also almost uninterruptedly taken iodide in from five to ten-grain doses. Small doses of quinine were also given for a consider- able time. She is still (July, 1878) under treatment. Case 3.—Symmetrical Betinitis late in Secondary Syphilis. Choroiditis. Frequent variations, hut on the whole, steady and great deterioration in spite of very prolonged mercurial treatment. Mrs. D, dark complexion, suffering habitually from cold feet, and looking more than her age, had syphilis fully at the](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21648992_0008.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
