Practical observations on ectropium, or eversion of the eye-lids : with the description of a new operation for the cure of that disease; on the modes of forming an artificial pupil, and on cataract.

  • William Adams
Date:
1812
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Credit: Practical observations on ectropium, or eversion of the eye-lids : with the description of a new operation for the cure of that disease; on the modes of forming an artificial pupil, and on cataract. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    FACTS AND OBSERVATIONS ON SOME IMPORTANT DISEASES OF THE EYE. CHAP. I. ON ECTROPIUM; OR, EVERSION OF THE EYE-LIDS: With the Description of a new Operation for the Cure of that Disease. Fi EW diseases of the eye,, or its appendages, ex- hibit a more deformed appearance, or prove more distressingly painful to the patient, than Ectropium, or eversioh of one or both of the eye-lids. The frequency of its occurrence, and the repeated attacks of acute inflammation of the eye-ball, as well as of the lid, produced by the exposure of a large portion of the conjunctiva to the influence of irritating causes, have attracted the attention of many profes- sional men of the first celebrity ; and different modes ot treatment have been recommended for its removal. B
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