Remarks on the fistula lachrymalis; with the description of an operation considerably different from that commonly used; and cases annexed in proof of its utility; to which are added, observations on hæmorrhoids; and additional remarks on the ophthalmy / By James Ware.

  • Ware, James, 1756-1815.
Date:
1798
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Credit: Remarks on the fistula lachrymalis; with the description of an operation considerably different from that commonly used; and cases annexed in proof of its utility; to which are added, observations on hæmorrhoids; and additional remarks on the ophthalmy / By James Ware. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    this previous enquiry, it fhould alfo be duly confidered, what degree both of pain and of hazard are likely to be incurred by the operation; and how far experience will juftify the performance of it, by af- fording a probability of its anfwering the intended purpofe of a cure. When the obftruction to the paflage of the tears has occafioned an inflammation and fuppuration in the integuments which cover the lachrymal fac, and thefe have returned repeatedly, at fhort intervals, leaving the eye at all times weak and wa- tery, it cannot be doubted that means fhould be employed to remove the ob- ftruction, although there may be fome de- gree of uncertainty whether they are fuf- ficient to accomplifh the intended object. When again an ulcer is formed over the lachrymal fac, through which the tears, mixed with either pus or mucus, are con- tinually iffuing, and this ulcer is con- nected with finuffes which run in different directions,