Volume 1

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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    [ * ] THE DEFINITION AND HISTORY OF OPTHALMY. . v, WHAT is usually meant by the term Op- thalmy, is a rednefs and inflammation, with pain, of the tunica conjunctivaor that mem- brane which covers the anterior part of the eye, where it ceases to be transparent, and lines the inside of the lids ; with pain of the eye, on exposure to light; for though an inflammation will fometimes arise in the coats and globe of the eye itself, as a pri- mary disease, yet that is fo very feldom the case, comparatively with the frequency of the inflammation of the tunica conjunctiva, as not, commonly, to be feparately consi- dered. On the first attack of an Opthalmy, the tunica conjunctiva becomes fiightly red, with an increase of heat of the part; the eye feels dry, and, at times, as if there were fmall particles of dust in it ; the lids do not move with their accustomed ease, and