A treatise on the diseases of the eye / by W. Lawrence.

  • Lawrence, William, Sir, 1783-1867.
Date:
1854
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Credit: A treatise on the diseases of the eye / by W. Lawrence. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER VII. PURULENT OPHTHALMIA.—PURULENT OPHTHALMIA OP NEWLY-BORN INFANTS. Nature and general character of puru- lent ophthalmia Purulent ophthalmia of infants Symptoms and progress . Effects .... Mode of examining the eye 242 243 243 245 246 Causes ..... Prognosis ..... Treatment [Additional remarks on treatment] Purulent ophthalmia in children PAGE 248 249 250 251 254 CHAPTER VIII. PURULENT OPHTHALMIA IN THE ADULT. Character .... Symptoms and progress . Purulent ophthalmia in its milder form ..... Effects of the inflammation Diagnosis; prognosis Catises ..... Direct communication by application of discharge Indirect or atmospheric contagion Arguments against contagion . General result of evidence respecting contagion . . . . . 256 258 260 263 265 266 266 270 271 273 Treatment 275 Treatment of acute purulent ophthal- mia 275 General measures .... 276 Local applications .... 278 Astringents and tonic medicines . 279 Treatment of purulent ophthalmia in its milder form .... 281 Treatment of the thickened and gran- ulated conjunctiva . . . 282 [Additional remarks on granulated conjunctiva] ..... 285 CHAPTER IX. GONORRHOEAE OPHTHALMIA. SECTION I. Acute gonorrhoeal inflammation of the conjunctiva .... Symptoms and progress . Effects; sloughing of the cornea Suppuration and ulceration Interstitial deposition Diagnosis .... Prognosis . . * . . Causes ..... Direct application of gonorrhoeal mat ter ..... Metastasis .... 294 294 296 297 298 298 299 300 300 301 Treatment 302 Incisions of the sclerotic conjunctiva 305 SECTION II. Mild gonorrhoeal inflammation of the conjunctiva ..... SECTION III. Gonorrhoeal inflammation of the ex= ternal tunics and iris Rheumatic nature of this disease 309 309 310 CHAPTER X. ERYSIPELATOUS OPHTHALMIA ; PUSTULAR OPHTHALMIA ; STRUMOUS OR SCROFULOUS OPHTHALMIA. SECTION I. Erysipelatous ophthalmia . . . 312 SECTION II. Pustular ophthalmia . . .312 SECTION III. Scrofulous ophthalmia . . . 313 Scrofulous constitution Exciting caxises of scrofula Symptoms and course of scrofulous ophthalmia .... Effects . . . Diagnosis .... Prognosis .... Causes; treatment; general means Local treatment 313 314 315 317 318 318 319 322