Practical observations on the principle diseases of the eyes : illustrated with cases / translated from the Italian of Antonio Scarpa with notes, by James Briggs.

  • Scarpa, Antonio, 1752-1832.
Date:
1806
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Credit: Practical observations on the principle diseases of the eyes : illustrated with cases / translated from the Italian of Antonio Scarpa with notes, by James Briggs. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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

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    to make a continual prelTure upon It from with- out Inwards. » This important part of the treatment was not ncgledled by the ancient furgeons, I mean the application of a moderate degree of preflure upon the fac, after Its contr^ion and complete cica- trization internally. Among the msoderns Gue- rin * appears to be the only one who has pro- })erly appreciated this praclice of the ancients. For although the pafTage for the tears into the nofe may have been fufficicntly kept open, and cauftic applications have alfo been employed to reftore the fac to its natural fize, and to obtain on its Internal furface a perfedl and folld cicatrix; ncverthelefs it may eafily happen that the fac, from having been greatly dilated, (notwlth- flanding the means which have been employed) may not have acquired fufficlent power, towards the end of the cure, to refill; a new impulfe of the tears from any little difficulty which they may meet with in palling into the nofe. In order therefore to prevent fuch an accident, nothing is more advantageous, tow'^ards the end of the treatment of this form of the difeafe, than the application of a gentle degree of preffurc upon the external furface of the fac, in order to reftore its natural tone, and enable It to relift any accidental impulfe of the tears, after everv * ElTai fur Ics maladies dcs yeux, p. i6o. kind