Lectures on diseases of the eye / By John Morgan; edited by John F. France.
- John Morgan
- Date:
- 1848
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Lectures on diseases of the eye / By John Morgan; edited by John F. France. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![ment is remarkably simple; and unpleasant conse¬ quences may almost always be prevented by the follow¬ ing measures ;— The constitutional treatment of those cases, in which the disorder is uncombined with any other affection of the organ, may be described in few words. The general health is not necessarily in the slightest degree affected; but as we usually find the disease occurring in weakly children, who have suffered from various causes of debility, it is often necessary to administer tonics in diet or medicine. The different preparations of cascarilla, calumba, or cinchona, in combination with an alkali, more particu¬ larly ammonia, may be used with advantage ; and an occasional purgative will be found highly beneficial in addition. Strict attention to pro])er regulation of diet cannot be too strongly insisted on : in these, and indeed in all cases of disease, tonic medicines should be avoided when tonic diet can be substituted. If the digestive organs are performing their healthy func¬ tions, and no disturbance exists in the nervous and vascular systems, further than that which debility alone will occasion, regulate the diet of your patient, instead of overloading his stomach with bulky tonic drugs. Tonics and stimulants, in the way of medicine, may certainly be required sometimes; but not, I believe, so frequently as they are commonly given; and they ought never to be employed in cases where the secre¬ tions are vitiated or suppressed : when the appetite is natural, and the secretions from the alimentary](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29339637_0063.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
