A further communication on the results of a bacteriological examination of the pipettes and collyria taken from a treatment case used in ophthalmic practice : with the effects of inoculations / by G. E. De Schweinitz and E. A. De Schweinitz.

  • De Schweinitz, G. E. (George Edmund), 1858-1938.
Date:
[1894]
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Credit: A further communication on the results of a bacteriological examination of the pipettes and collyria taken from a treatment case used in ophthalmic practice : with the effects of inoculations / by G. E. De Schweinitz and E. A. De Schweinitz. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    G. E. AND E. A. '.DE SCHWEINITZ, Pipettes. Unused pipette. Cocaine pipette. Fluorescine pipette. Atropine pipette. Pyoktanin pipette. Homatropine pipette. Eserine pipette. Boric acid pipette. No growth. Growth on potato, agar- agar, and beef- broth. Growth on potato. No growth. No growth. No growth. Growth on all three culture media. No growth. Same germs as those found Rubbing abraded in cocaine solution; in- oculation caused purulent irido-choroiditis. Inoculation caused slight iritis. Pipette had been frequently cleansed with sublimate lotion. Slight iritis caused by inocu- lation, which speedily dis- appeared. This pipette had often been cleansed with sublimate after use. cornea with culture produced moderate ciliary injection and slight clouding of cornea. Fluids. Boric acid lotion. Atropine lotion. Homatropine lotion. Cocaine lotion. Fluorescine lotion. Active growth on all three culture media. No growth at first; 1 month later active growth. Growth on all three culture media. No growth at first; 2 months later active growth on all three culture media. Fungus growth on agar-agar. Bichloride No growth, lotion. Nitrate of sil- No growth. ver lotion. Eserine lotion. No growth. Inoculation into anterior chamber produced puru- lent irido-choroiditis. The growth, a fungus, was not used in inoculation, as it was of same nature as that obtained from the fluorescine dropper. Inoculation produced slight iritis, which disappeared in fifteen days. Inoculation produced puru- lent irido-choroiditis. Not used in inoculation: growth same as from dropper. Rubbing abraded cornea with culture produced moderate ciliary injection and slight ciouding of cornea. Rubbing abraded cornea with culture produced moderate ciliary injection and slight clouding of cornea.