The art of preserving the sight unimpaired to an extreme old age : and of re-establishing and strengthening it when it becomes weak : with instructions how to proceed in accidental cases, which do not require the assistance of professional men, and the mode of treatment proper for the eyes during, and immediately after, the small pox : to which are added, observations on the inconveniences and dangers arising from the use of common spectacles, &c. &c. / by an experienced oculist.

  • Beer, Georg Josef, 1763-1821.
Date:
1817
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Credit: The art of preserving the sight unimpaired to an extreme old age : and of re-establishing and strengthening it when it becomes weak : with instructions how to proceed in accidental cases, which do not require the assistance of professional men, and the mode of treatment proper for the eyes during, and immediately after, the small pox : to which are added, observations on the inconveniences and dangers arising from the use of common spectacles, &c. &c. / by an experienced oculist. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    sometimes even causing the loss of an eye ; since, by this inconsiderate rub- bing, the person risks the forcing of the substance, with its angular points, into the body of the eye, and which it is thus impossible for an operator to extract without considerable injury. As soon, then, as any extraneous sub- stance, of whatever nature it may be, has got under the eyelids, and that it pain- fully affects the eye, either by its inher- ent qualities, or by the sharpness of its form, whether quick-lime, dust, insects, or pieces of metal, it may be generally expelled merely by raising the upper eyelid, and leaning the head forward ; if possible, it is best for the sufferer to do this himself, as his own sensations will prevent him from doing it too forcibly. In keeping thus the eyelid elevated, and the eye quiescent for a few moments, one feels a flow of tears starting from the or- gan, which does not fail to bring along with it the cause of the pain, whatever it may be, or at least to carry it towards the