The principles and practice of ophthalmic medicine and surgery / by T. Wharton Jones.

  • Thomas Wharton Jones
Date:
1855
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Credit: The principles and practice of ophthalmic medicine and surgery / by T. Wharton Jones. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    Onyx (owl-, a nail), deposition of matter in the substance of the cornea. Ophthalmia (brpdaX/xos, the eye), a general name for inflammation of the eye. Ophthalmia Neonatorum (v4os, young), purulent ophthalmia of new-born infants.. Ophthalmitis, inflammation of the whole eyeball. Ophthalmodynia (dtyOaXfibs, eye, bdvvr], pain), pain in the eye. Ophthalmology (6^>da\fibs, eye, \6yos, a discourse), the science of ophthalmic medicine and surgery. Ophthalmoplegia (dtydaAfji.bs, eye, TrXrjyl], a blow or stroke), paralysis of the muscles of the eyeball. Ophthalmoptosis (ofda\fxds, eye, tttwctis, a falling down, from iriinu), to fall), the protrusion of the eyeball, resulting from paralysis of its muscles. Ophthalmoscope (d<pa\/j.bs, eye, ffKoiriw, to examine), the instru- ment for exploring the interior of the eye. Ophthalmoscopy {otpdaXfibs, eye, o-Koiria a looking out), explora- tion of the eye. Oxyopia (o^vs, sharp, c*ty, the eye), preternatural acuteness of vision. Pacheablephara, Pachytes (7raxvT7js, thickness, from iraxvs, thick, fiKetppov, eyelid), enlargement and thickening of the eyelid. Palpebr.,® (a palpitando, from their frequent motion), the eye- lids. Pannus (pannus, cloth), a thickened and vascular state of the con- junctiva corneae. Periorbita (irepl, over), the periosteum of the orbit. Phlyctenula ((pXvKraiva, a vesicle, from (p\vfa, to gush forth), vesicle filled with a watery fluid. Photophobia (tp&s, light, <f>oj8«y, to dread), intolerance of Hsht- Photopsia ((pus, light, 6\f/is, vision), subjective appearance of light before the eyes. Phtheiriasis ((pdeipiaffis, morbus pedicularis, from <p6elp, a louse), pediculi among the eyelashes and hairs of the eyebrows. Pinguecula (pinguis, fat), a small tumour on the white of the eye near the edge of the cornea, apparently but not really adipose. Pladarotes (irXadapbs, flaccid), thickening of the palpebral con- junctiva. Presbyopy (wpecrfivs, old, &ty, the eye), farsightedness. Proptosis {irpb, before, irrwo'is, a falling down, from iriirrw, to fall); see Ophthalmoptosis. Psorophthalmia tyApa, scabies, otydaX/ubs, the eye), ophthalmia tarsi. Pterygium (irrepbv, a wing, irrepvyiov, a small wing), thickened and vascular state of a portion of the conjunctiva, of a triangular shape, the apex encroaching more or less on the cornea.