An essay on ophthalmia : containing a history of that disease, as it appeared in the First Battalion of the 89th Regiment, with some observations on its causes and symptoms, also the medical treatment, &c. which have been crowned with unparalleled success : in a letter to James M'Gregor, M.D., Deputy Inspector of Army Hospitals / by Henry Reid.

  • Reid, Henry.
Date:
1806
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Credit: An essay on ophthalmia : containing a history of that disease, as it appeared in the First Battalion of the 89th Regiment, with some observations on its causes and symptoms, also the medical treatment, &c. which have been crowned with unparalleled success : in a letter to James M'Gregor, M.D., Deputy Inspector of Army Hospitals / by Henry Reid. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    shortened the period of the disease, by drop- j ping into the eye, from a quill, the tincture of opium alone ; by which I have, in many in- stances, put a termination to the disease on ^ the third day. But I shall treat more of the ' eifects of opium in its proper place, as the general application of it cannot, by any means, be depended on. However, in the very com- mencement, it may be tried, and I have seen good effects from it Avithout resorting to any other collateral helps. Though it may be tried generally in the incipient stages, the other methods for arresting the progress of the disease should, by no means be neglected, but put in practice as speedily as possible. I commence with bleeding, to the quantity ot seventeen or eighteen ounces, and towards the evening I open the bowels briskly with salts, Avhich I would recommend in prefer- ence to any other cathartic, as this medicine must often be administered during the preva- leiice of the disease : for I have frequently obsetved that calomel combined with other C 2