Granular lids and contagious diseases of the eye / by W.F. Mittendorf.

Date:
1886
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Credit: Granular lids and contagious diseases of the eye / by W.F. Mittendorf. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    Still another form due to similar causes which is especially apt to show itself in debilitated children, and sometimes in adults, is that which is characterized by profuse serous infiltration of the con- junctiva and the eyelids. The variety is almost free of discharge and is spoken of as (edematous con- junctivitis.” Another variety due to the same cause is the Schwellungs-catarrh.” The folds of transmis- sion, especially the upper ones, are greatly swollen and appear like fleshy glistening masses on eversion of the lids; it is one of the severer forms of conjunc- tival inflammations. Conjunctivitis is sometimes caused by abuse of the eyes; such as reading by too bright or especially by insufficient light. Errors of refraction, especially astigmatism and hypermetropia, if 'uncorrected, will frequently set up a mild but very obstinate form of conjunctivitis, which is very often associated with a mild inflammation of the free edge of the lid and which can only be relieved effectually by the use of proper glasses. Among the irritating influences we have to men- tion impure air. The impurity of the air may be due to obnoxious gases, which we find to be the case in overcrowded and badly ventilated rooms. The in- jurious admixtures of the air become absorbed by the moisture of the eye'and act as chemical irritants; they are likewise the cause of a lowering of the general health and act as a predisposing cause. The admix-