Volume 2

A treatise on opthalmy : and those diseases which are induced by inflammations of the eyes : with new methods of cure / by Edward Moore Noble. Part the first[-second].

  • Noble, Edward Moore.
Date:
1800-1801
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A treatise on opthalmy : and those diseases which are induced by inflammations of the eyes : with new methods of cure / by Edward Moore Noble. Part the first[-second]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by University of Bristol Library. The original may be consulted at University of Bristol Library.

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    [ 1*3 ] Every medicine may be called stimu- lant, but there are very few which can, with safety, or the probability of advantage, be applied to the eye, in its irritable in- flamed state. In making choice of them, it is requisite, both that the quantity can be easily regulated, and that, on discontinuing its application, its effects may immediately subside. These necefsary qualities will entirely forbid the use of metallic calces, substances containing efsential oil, all kinds of insolubile powders, and lotions that are not perfectly transparent. After making use of the stimulant, so much depends upon a sudden cefsation of every unnecefsary irritation, that care must betaken, not only that its operation on the eye should be suddenly discontinued, but that the eye and the lids should not be rudely prefsed upon, during its application ; otherwise, so much irritation will be pro- duced, the effects of which gradually ceas- ing, the salutary effects of the medicine will be prevented. The injury done to