Prize essay, on fistula lachrymalis / by Robert W. Haxall.

  • Haxall, Robert W. (Robert William), 1802-1872.
Date:
1832
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Credit: Prize essay, on fistula lachrymalis / by Robert W. Haxall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    other scrofulous diseases, I have repeatedly used this reme- dy with success. Much has been said by the old writers upon this disease, about caries of the bones, and something by the moderns. This complication however, is exceedingly infrequent, and when it does occur, our exertions should be directed as far as possible to the preservation of the natural passage into the nostril. As local measures, the mineral acids and me- tallic astringents are advised, and Dr. Nicol highly ex- tols the use of nitrate of silver. When it is the result of constitutional disease, as in the case under consideration it most frequently is, internal remedies will be demanded, and they are such as will depend in every case upon the pecu- liar condition of the system. Cases have been related in which the disease we have investigated, has been induced by external substances; as for instance, by a polypus blocking up the nasal extremity of the Duct. The removal of the obstruction will gene- rally be all that is required. Note by the Printer.—Not having the signs used to express the quantities of medicines, as generally designated in medical recipes, we have been compelled to resort in this Essay to xoords.