Illustrations of some of the principal diseases of the eye : with a brief account of their symptoms, pathology, and treatment / by Henry Power.

  • Power, H. (Henry), 1829-1911.
Date:
1867
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Credit: Illustrations of some of the principal diseases of the eye : with a brief account of their symptoms, pathology, and treatment / by Henry Power. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Fig. 7. Common forms of tarsal tumours. Though here represented of small size, they may grow indefinitely. That in the upper lid was covered by an extremely thin pellicle, contained watery fluid, and did not return after being snipped off with scissors, and the base touched with a point of nitrate of silver. That on the lower eyelid probably originated from the closure of the orifice of a sebaceous follicle, and the gradual dilatation of the tube. When tlie skin covering it had been divided, a thick, firm sac presented itself, the interior of which was filled with a pultaceous white fat. The sac and contents were both removed, and by careful adaptation of the lips of the little wound, healing by immediate union occurred.—■ V. p. 107. Fig. 8. A severe case of hordeolum or stye on the lid. The swelling was here double, of a dusky red colour. The inner pustule had burst; the outer was maturating, the pain was severe; lachrymation and agglutination of the lids were well marked. The patient was a dark-complexioned girl, 15 years of age, who had had no less than thirty-five in succession. The bowels were much disordered. The treatment adopted, which proved successful, was the steady admi- nistration of steel, with purgatives.— V. p. 117. Fig. 9. Abscess of the upper lid occurring in a child xt. 3. The lid was of a uniform dark red, or almost livid colour, the skin tense and shining, the pain and sense of throbbing distressing. There were moderate redness of the conjunctiva and lachrymation. On being opened, about half a drachm of well-formed pus escaped, with immediate relief to the symptoms, and no iU effects ensued, though in such instances it is by no means uncommon to find that the gradual contraction of the abscess induces eversion of the lid.—]''. p. 90.