A probationary surgical essay on amaurosis : submitted ... to the examination of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, ... / by Alexander Tweedie.

  • Tweedie, Alexander, 1794-1884.
Date:
1817
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Credit: A probationary surgical essay on amaurosis : submitted ... to the examination of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, ... / by Alexander Tweedie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    had been employed without success. The form of the preparation to be employed may be left to the choice of the practitioner. Calo¬ mel and the blue pill have been most generally adopted, and may be continued till the mouth is a little affected, principally with the view of procuring its alterative operation on the sys¬ tem. Mr Ware speaks highly of the efficacy of the corrosive sublimate,# but I am not aware that it possesses any great advantage over the other preparations of this metal. When Amaurosis proceeds from suppression of evacuations, our attention must be directed to restoring them by suitable means, and after¬ wards stimulating the retina, and invigorating the general system. Affections of the biliary system have been proved to have given rise to this disease, the organ of vision being only sympathetically af¬ fected. Schmucker and Richter were the first * Ware, vol. ii. p. 435.