Practical inquiry into the causes of the frequent failure of the operations of depression, and of the extraction of the cataract, as usually performed : with the description of a series of new and improved operations, by the practice of which, most of the causes of failure may be avoided, illustrated by tables of the comparative success of the new and old modes of practice / by Sir William Adams.

  • Adams, William, Sir, 1783-1827.
Date:
1817
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Credit: Practical inquiry into the causes of the frequent failure of the operations of depression, and of the extraction of the cataract, as usually performed : with the description of a series of new and improved operations, by the practice of which, most of the causes of failure may be avoided, illustrated by tables of the comparative success of the new and old modes of practice / by Sir William Adams. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Page, In thirty cases lately operated upon, of capsular ca- taract, by the author, not one eye was lost 315 Capsular opacity with a transparent lens also admits of the absorbent practice 316 The author's method has not failed, in any instance, in the cure of elastic cataract 319 Cases where the old operation for extraction may be employed o 330 Even in those cases, dangers and accidents occur, as admitted by Richter, JVenzel, Wai^e, Bischoffj and Wathen 330 Those dangers are avoided by the new operations .... 332 Protrusion of the iris_, a frequent cause of failure in the usual operation n p , •«... 335 Danger from pressure upon the eye-ball 336 Different modes of making the section of the cornea, to prevent accident.—Dat^ieZ's, objected to hy Richter, on account of its great extent.—Ware's method.—■ Wenzelm. certain cases advises section in the upper part of the cornea.—Wardrop's mode 337—339 Gutta Serena never produced, when the rules recom- mended by the author are observed 343 Extraction may be followed by inflammation—by pro- trusions of the vitreous humour, and iris—by opacity of the capsule, or secondary cataract,— by opacity of the cornea,—and by ulceration or sloughing of the cornea 345—348 These sources of failure are in no respect dependent on the skill or dexterity of the operator 349 Prior to Mr. Pott's time, fluid and soft cataract were considered to be incurable by the needle .... 35Q Enquiry whether the three great advocates for depres- sion—Pott—Hey and Scarpa, have availed themselves