Treatment of the diseases of the eye by means of prussic acid vapour and other medicinal agents / by A. Turnbull.

  • Turnbull, Alexander, 1794 or 1795-1881.
Date:
1843
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Credit: Treatment of the diseases of the eye by means of prussic acid vapour and other medicinal agents / by A. Turnbull. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    by me was most simple : the aiFected eye, open, was placed over a two-ounce phial, containing about half an ounce of the acid, while the patient's hand, properly directed, was to retain it in the position that was thought necessary. The time occupied in this operation was from five minutes to a quarter of an hour. The eye became in a short time inflamed, the conjunctiva exhibiting the appearance of deep injection, which gradually disappeared in a few hours, but which was not accom-panied by any pain. No paralysis of any of the appendages of the eye has resulted from the apphcation. Such is the outline of the case. I feel assured that this remedy will prove a powerful auxiliary in the hands of a surgeon-oculist.