A practical treatise on the diseases of the eye / by William Mackenzie ; to which is prefixed an anatomical introduction explanatory of a horizontal section of the human eyeball by Thomas Wharton Jones.

  • Mackenzie, William
Date:
1854
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Credit: A practical treatise on the diseases of the eye / by William Mackenzie ; to which is prefixed an anatomical introduction explanatory of a horizontal section of the human eyeball by Thomas Wharton Jones. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    II. EXTERNAL REMEDIES. 1. Collyrium Bichhridi Hydrargyri. it Bichloridi Hydrargyri granum, Hydrochloratis Ammonioe grana sex, Cocci Cacti, graniini cum semisse, Alcoholis drachmara. Tere simul, adde aquse uncias sex, et cola per chartam. Signa.—Pour out half a table-spoonful of this fluid, and mix it with as much boil- ing water in a teacup previously warmed. With a piece of old linen, or soft sponge, bathe the eyelids with the mixture, for a few minutes; and theu, by leaning back the head, allow a little of it to flow in upon the eye. Repeat this thrice a-day. 2. Collyrium Bichloridi Hydrargyri cum Belladonna, vel Collyrium Compositum. ^ Bichloridi Hydrargyri granum, Hydrochloratis Ammonia, grana sex, Extracti Atropec Belladonnse grana decern. Cocci cacti granum cum semisse, Alcoholis, ?]. Tere simul, adde aquaa uncias sex, et cola per chartam. Signa.—As for No. 1. 3. Collyrittm Belladonna vel Atropice. Tincturte Belladonnaj drachmam ad drachmas duas, vel Atropiaj semi- granum ad granum, AquiE, uncias sex. Misce. Signa.—As for No. 1. 4. Collyrium Frigidum. P> Aceti Aromatici guttas quinque, Spiritus .ffitheris Nitrici drachmam. Aquae uncias quinque et drachmas septem. Misce. Signa.—Pour out half a wine-glassful of this fluid ; with a small piece of clean soft sponge dipped in it, and gently wrung, bathe the eyelids, side of the nose, eyebrow, forehead and temple, for a few minutes; and then allow those parts to dry of them- selves. Repeat this three or four times daily, or as often as the eyes feel painful, hot, or weak on exposure to light. The fluid does not require to go in on the eye. a. Solutio Nitratis Argenti. p. Nitratis Argenti granas duo ad decern. Aqua: distillataj unciam. Solve, et cum solutione mitte penicillum parvum. Signa.—Pour ten or twelve drops out of the phial into a clean wine glass. Wash the brush with a little cold water, and wring it gently ; dip it into the wine-glass so as to take up the drops ; open the eye and touch the inside of the lower eyelid with the brush, so as to let the drops flow in upon the eye. Wash the brush, and keep the phial close-corked and standing on end, till the next time the drops are to be used. The drops are to be used once a-day, or oftener, if so directed. 6. Collyrium Alkalinum. P: Aquse Potassae semidrachmam ad drachmas duas, Tincturae Catechu scrupulum, Aquie uncias sex. Signa.—To be used as a solution for bathing the eye, thrice a-day. Or, To be used as an injection into the la- crymal passages. 7. Solutio Lapidis Divini. ^ -SEruginis, Nitri puri, Aluminis, utriusque pulverisati uncias tres. Liquefiant in vase vitreo super arenani calidam. Liquefactis adde Camphorse tritae drach- mam cum semisse. Misce. Massa refri- gerata servetur sub nomine Lapidis Divini. P) Lapidis Divini grana decem ad vi- ginti, Aquae Distillatse semiunciam. Solve et cola. Colaturae adde Vini Opii drachmam ad drachmas duas, Aquse Rosarum uncias quatuor. Misce. • Signa.—To be used as alotion for bathing • the eye thrice a-day. Or, To be used as an injection into the la- crymal sac. 8. Solutio Belladonna Aquosa. p, Extracti Atropae Belladonna; grana decem ad viginti, Aquse unciam. Tere simul in mortario, et cola per chartam. Signa.—As for No. 5. 9. Solutio Acetatis Atropim. P) Atropine granum, Acidi Acetici diluti guttas quinque, Aquae semiunciam. Misce. Signa.—As for No. 5. 10. Unguentum Praecijntati Rubri. p. Hydrargyri Praocipitati Rubri, grana decem ad triginta. Tere in mortario in pulverem subtilis- simum.
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