A treatise on the diseases of the eye : including the doctrines and practice of the most eminent modern surgeons, and particularly those of Professor Beer / By George Frick.

  • Frick, George, 1793-1870.
Date:
1823
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Credit: A treatise on the diseases of the eye : including the doctrines and practice of the most eminent modern surgeons, and particularly those of Professor Beer / By George Frick. 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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    tous, or cartilaginous nature. Sometimes they are accompanied by a morbid growth of hairs from the part. Most commonly, these tumors appear on some part of the sclerotic conjunc- tiva; at other times, they are connected with the eye-lids; they are rarely seen upon the cornea itself. Preternatural folds or excrescences frequently take place in the conjunctiva, in consequence of the relaxation of the cellular tissue, by which it is connected with the sclerotic coat. They are generally the effects of purulent ophthalmia, and are most frequently found among the in- habitants of warm climates. They consist of mere reduplications of the conjunctiva, and pos- sess a dull white colour. When they attain to any size, the motions of the eye will be con- siderably impeded; sometimes they are seen to overlap the cornea, when the eye is moved in a lateral direction, or to fall in folds over the lids when these are everted. The treatment of all these different states of the conjunctiva, consists in the simple exci- sion of the diseased part. Whilst the lids are separated by an assistant, the surgeon raising the