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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    [Sparkling synckysis] Ckange of structure and consistence SECTION V. Affections of tke lens and capsule PAGE 526 529 529 PAGE Inflammation ..... 529 Calcareous and bony ckange . . 530 [Osseous cataract] .... 531 Spontaneous passage into tke anterior ckamber 532 CHAPTER XX. AMAUROSIS AND OTHER DEFECTS OP SIGHT. SECTION I. General observations . . . 537 Divisions of amaurosis . . . 539 SECTION II. Amaurosis from affections of tke brain 540 SECTION III. Amaurosis from diseases of tke optic nerve . . . . . . 548 SECTION IV. Amaurosis from affection of tke retina 552 Symptoms of amaurosis; impaired and altered sigkt .... 555 Progress of tke disease . . . 557 State of tke pupil and iris . . 558 Otker symptoms .... 560 Causes; age; tke disease sometimes congenital „ . . . . 560 Hereditary disposition . . . 561 General causes; pletkora . . . 561 [Anaemia] ..... 562 Excessive exertion of tke organ . 562 Determination to tke kead . . 562 Sympatketic influences . . . 563 Sypkilis . . . . .563 Gout and rkeumatism . ■ . 563 Narcotic poisons, and various otker substances . 564 Diagnosis ...... 566 [Cumming and Helmholtz's metkods of diagnosis] .... 567 Prognosis ..... 574 Treatment; antipklogistic measures . 575 Use of mercury .... 575 Counter-irritation .... 576 Cases ...... 578 Local applications .... 584 Emetics . . . . . . 585 Electricity . . . . .587 Sternutatories ..... 587 Stimuli and tonics .... 588 Use of strycknia . . . . 589 [Case illustrating its efficacy] . . 591 SECTION V. Particular kinds of nervous affection 592 Affection of tke retina from excessive exertion ..... 592 [Additional remarks on astkenopia] . 594 Symptomatic and sympatketic amau- rosis ...... 606 Amaurosis from debility . . . 608 [Amaurosis from nervous exkaustion] 613 [Hysteric amaurosis] . . .614 Amaurosis from affection of tke nervus trigeminus . . . . .615 [Additional remarks] . . .616 Amaurotic cat's-eye . . . . 618 Muscse volitantes . . . 620 [Diagnosis] ..... 621 Cause 621 Treatment , 626 Hemeralopia ..... 626 Congenital and kereditary kemeralopia 629 Nyctalopia 630 [Hemiopia] ..... 631 Want of power to distinguisk colours 635 [Additional remarks on inability to distinguisk colours] . . . 637 [Anortkopia] 648 [Pkotopsia] ..... 649 [Pkotopkobia] 651 SECTION VI. Near sigkt and far sigkt . . . 654 Nearsigktedness; myopia . . 655 [Treatment of nearsigktedness] . 657 [Concave glasses] .... 658 Farsigktedness . . . 661 [Use of glasses] . . . 662 [Irregular refraction] . . 668 CHAPTER XXI. CATARACT. SECTION I. General description of tke disease; its causes and treatment; various ope- rations ...... 672 Colour and situation of tke opacity . 673 State of vision ..... 674 State of iris and puj>il . . . 675 [Diagnosis by a catoptric examina- tion] . . . • . . . 675