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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    m 62 Puriform Pifcharge of the Palpehrif I tion of the opthalmlc'ointmcnt of Janin, and the frtsquent ufc of the vitriolic collyrium. At the end of three weeks, the difcharge having been almoft entirely fuppreffed by thefe local remedies, there only Ifl'ucd from the diftended fac limpid tears, or which were rendered fllghtly turbid by a fmall quantity of thin mucus. I then proceeded to the radical cure, by lay- ing the fac open through its whole extent, and introducing a bougie into the nafal canal in the manner before mentioned, and laftly by filling the cavity of the fac with dry lint, which was maintained in its fituation by a comprefs and bandage. Two days after, the dreflings were removed and the cavity of the fac filled with a doflSl of lint fpread with the liniment, confifting of the hydrargi nitrat. rub. and mucilage of gum ara- ble. This remedy gave the patient a good deal of pain, which is not the cafe in general, and occafioned a confiderable tumefaction of the cheek; in confequence of which I was under the neceffity of defifting from it for fome days. It was, however, afterwards renewed with a larger proportion of mucilage. By the corrod- ing adllon of this application I obtained in the courfe of a month a floughing of the internal ' membrane of the fac, and a confiderable con- . ^ tradllon of its cavity, the internal furface of which Ibowcd a very lavourable dilpofitlon to j heal.