The treatment of inflammations of the conjunctiva by means of medicated spray / by David Webster.

  • Webster, David, 1842-1923.
Date:
[1879?]
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Credit: The treatment of inflammations of the conjunctiva by means of medicated spray / by David Webster. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PHYSICIAN AND PHARMACIST. A Monthly Journal op Medicine and Pharmacy. Vol. 12. APRIL, 1879. No. 4. new series. ©rifliual ffiommumatious. THE TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATIONS OF THE CONJUNC¬ TIVA BY MEANS OF MEDICATED SPRAY. By David Webster, M.D., Assistant Surgeon to the Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital; Clinical Assistant in Ophthalmology to the College of Physicians and Surgeons. The use of the various atomizers and spray producers has long been a favorite method for the application of medicated fluids to tho mucous mem¬ branes lining the nasal cavities, the pharynx, and the larynx. The advantage of the spray is, that by it the medicated fluid is applied evenly and equally to all parts of the diseased membrane—to crypts and crannies, to elevations and depressions, alike. At the same time, the current of cold air that accom¬ panies it is usually agreeable rather than otherwise. The transference of this method of treatment to the conjunctiva was first suggested and carried out by Dr. C. R. AgDew, in March of this year. We began the use of the spray in a case which I shall relate. Miss Bridget F., set. 26, native of Ireland, a waitress, came under our obser¬ vation in July, 1878. She had granular conjuctivitis and pannus of the right eye, of four years standing. Early in 1875, the operation of canthoplasty. was performed upon the eye by a distinguished New York ophthalmologist. She had, since that time, been under the care of several expert physicians, one after the other, each of whom hafi tried all his arts to cure her eye, but never with any more than temporary benefit. When we first saw her the cornea was vascular, the palpebral conjunctiva thickened and rough, and the eye irritable, watery, and sensitive to light. The patient found it impossible to open the eye more than half as widely as the other, partly from photophobia, and partly from the inflamed condition of the lids. The vision of the eye was q. We commenced treatment by applying, to the palpebral conjunotiva, a ten-