Volume 2

Observations on that disorder of the corner of the eye, commonly called fistula lachrymalis / by Percivall Pott.

  • Pott, Percivall, 1714-1788.
Date:
1758
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Observations on that disorder of the corner of the eye, commonly called fistula lachrymalis / by Percivall Pott. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE. jy Tfrequently converfing with fome JlS of that fart cj the profeffion who come to London to attend the Hofpi- tals, and to improve themfelves in the Art of Surgery, it has appeared to me that the Fistula Lachrymalis, tho a very common difeafe, is one with which many of them are very little acquainted, either with regard to its cattfe, feat, or method of cure fome are totally ignorant of every thing relating to it, others who have an imperfect idea oj its nature and feat, are yet much at a lofs how to vary the method of treating it according to its different fates and circumfances, upon which difiinBion the probability of & cure does often in great meafure de- a 2 pend •,