Monograph on strabismus : with cases / by Frank H. Hamilton.

  • Frank Hastings Hamilton
Date:
1845
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Credit: Monograph on strabismus : with cases / by Frank H. Hamilton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tion the transverse diameter of the eye and of course increasing the anteroposterior diameter, and necessarily, according to the laws of optics, producing myopy: the section of either of the recti must therefore shorten the antero-posterior diameter, diminish the convexity of the cornea, and extend vision. We do not deny the agency of other canses in the production of long and short sightedness, but the almost constant results of the operation indicate that in this matter the recti perform a material part. Amblyopy, or confused vision, easily distin- guished from myopy, is also a frequent accom- paniment of strabismus; it is attended with a sensation of fatigue whenever an attempt is made to use the eye alone. Amblyopy is generally relieved by a successful operation. 3. Inflammation, extending usually over one half of the conjunctiva] surface. Not such how- ever as to produce pain, or more than a slight de- gree of soreness, accompanied after a few days with a moderate purulent discharge from the wounded surface. The inflammation begins to abate, if left to itself, during the 2d week, and mostly disappears at the end of the 3d or 4th week. The treatment, has already been noticed. 4. A single fungus growth generally arises from the wound, and in the course of 10 or 12 4*
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