On the treatment of iritis without mercury : read before the Boston Society for Medical Observation, August 4th, 1856 / by Henry W. Williams.

  • Williams, Henry W. (Henry Willard), 1821-1895.
Date:
1856
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Credit: On the treatment of iritis without mercury : read before the Boston Society for Medical Observation, August 4th, 1856 / by Henry W. Williams. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    quinine and atropia. Is very anxious to go out; but this is not permitted. 26th.—Decidedly improved; the eye is much less sensitive to light, and considerably less injected. The pupil continues open, Allowed him to go out towards evening. 28th.—Found him at his place of business, in the next street to that in which he resides. The eye was still further improved, lie desired to go to Vermont for a visit, and J assented, on condition that he should at once return if severe symptoms recurred. The pupil was at this time perfectly clear, and vision good, though the eye was still unable to support a slrong light. He was directed to continue quinia, to avoid exposure to slrong light or wind, and to re-apply the solution of atropia in case much injection of the eyo or severe pain should come on. July 30th.—He returned to-day, with the eye considerably altered for the worse. It appears, from his own account, that a short time after his return to his friends in Vermont, he exposed himself to taking cold, and the eye, which till then had gained, began to be more red and more sensitive. He used the atropia while his sup- ply lasted, but instead of sending or returning for further advice, he allowed the eye to grow worse, until at last he could scarcely see any objects. He says the sight has improved within two days; but the field of the pupil is now hazy and vision dim. The iris is rather greenish, but the margin of the pupil seems free from ad- hesions. Above the centre of the pupil, however, there is a small dot of opaque deposit which 1 fear will not be re-absorbed, and around this is a thinner deposit which I presume will be removed by absorption. Continue atropia. Aug. 1st.—Vision is better, and the pupil has become larger and is regular. Has had no pain. There is very little sclerotica! injec- tion. 2d. The eye seems to gain, day by day. Vision has become very good for large objects, and the deposit on the crystalline capsule is evidently thinner and less extensive than when seen on the 30lh ultimo. Case XIII.—Mr. , a gentleman of not quite middle age, serit for me on the 25th of April, 1856, saying that he had previ- ously had five attacks of iritis, and now felt the symptoms which he had never known to be subdued till he had endured a severe at- tack. Has been treated in Boston, New York and Europe. The