Remarks on the purulent ophthalmy, which has lately been epidemical in this country / by James Ware.

  • Ware, James, 1756-1815.
Date:
1808
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Credit: Remarks on the purulent ophthalmy, which has lately been epidemical in this country / by James Ware. 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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    the ophthalmy that are produced by a \ common cold; but in the greater number the tunica conjunctiva, that covers both the inside of the eyelid and the globe of the eye, not only becomes universally red, but quickly swells to a considerable thick- ness ; its membranous appearance being de- stroyed, and its projection causing the cor- nea to appear depressed and sunk in the globe. The swelling of that part of the conjunctiva which lines the inside of the eyelid is sometimes so considerable that it protrudes beyond the lid to a consider- able extent, and entirely conceals the eye. In some the pain produced by the in- flammation resembles that of dust between the eye and the eyelid; in others it is accompanied with a sense of heat and weight; in others there is a deep seated intense pain in the ball of the eye; and in not a few the pain in the eye is ac-