A treatise on the varieties and consequences of ophthalmia : with a preliminary inquiry into its contagious nature.

  • Edmondston, Arthur, 1776?-1841.
Date:
1806
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Credit: A treatise on the varieties and consequences of ophthalmia : with a preliminary inquiry into its contagious nature. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENT S. pt asi PRELIMINARY INQUIRY. Part I.—Historical Sketch of the Opinions which have been entertained respecting the Conta- gious Nature of Ophthalmia, - I Fart II.—History of an Ophthalmia which appeared in the Second Regiment of Argyleshire Fen- cibles, with general Observations on Conta- gion, - - - - 13 Part III.—History of an Ophthalmia winch ap- peared at Paris in 1803, - - 49 Part IV.—Investigation of the Causes of the E- gyptian Ophthalmia, - - 62 Part V.—Objections to the Opinion which consi- ders Ophthalmia a contagious Disease, - 99 CHAPTER I. History of Ophthalmia, 111 Sect. I.- —Of Idiopathic Ophthalmia, 111- Ophthalmia M.itis, ibid. Ophthalmia Gravis, 116 Psor•ophthalmia, 126 Of the Puriform Eyes of new-born Chil- dren, - 130 Of Intermittent Ophthalmia, 133