The association of blepharitis and ametropia with analysis of one hundred cases / by Ernest Clarke.

  • Clarke, Ernest, 1857-1932.
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[1894]
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    THE ASSOCIATION OF BLEPHARITIS AND AMETROPIA WITH ANALYSIS OF ONE HUNDRED CASES. By Ernest Clarke, M.D., B.S., F.R.C.S. Surgeon to the Central London Ophthalmic Hospital. SINCE Roosa first drew attention to the association of blepharitis with ametropia, Hall in 18821 has published a list of ten cases of blepharitis, in nine of whom ame- tropia was found to exist, but since then no further statistics have been published. Blepharitis is usually divided into two varieties: (1) the non-ulcerative and (2) the ulcerative; they merge, the one into the other, and the ulceration is nature's effort to get rid of the scabs which form from the increased secretion of the glands. The form of the disease I would specially refer to is the chronic mild blepharitis beginning in early childhood, and sometimes continuing through life when untreated. Careful examination shows that in these cases the disease is practically limited to the facial margin of the free border of the lids, i.e., the most- immediate region of the lashes. The skin is here slightly congested, and is covered by thin fine scales, often very small. These weak eyes, as they are termed, are a constant source of trouble to the patient, for the slightest irritation, such New York Medical Record, April, 1882.