A treatise on the diseases of the eye / by W. Lawrence.

  • Lawrence, William, Sir, 1783-1867.
Date:
1843
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    CHAPTER I. PATHOLOGY OF THE EYE—INFLAMMATION—CLASSIFICATION OF OPHTHALMIC DISEASES. SECTION I. Pathology of the eye . SECTION II. Page 96 Inflammation . • 98 Varieties of inflammation; acute and chronic .... 100 Page Various effects . . • 103 Common and specific . • ib. Varieties from difference of texture 104 Other modifications • . ib. SECTION 111. Arrangement of the subject 105 CHAPTER II. AFFECTIONS OF THE EYE-LIDS. SECTION 1. Injuries .... 106 Wounds of the eye-brows and eye- lids ib. Poisoned wounds . . . 107 Malignant pustule . . ib. Scalds and burns . . . 108 Amaurosis from wounds of the eye- brow . . . . ib. Ecchymosis of the eye-lids . 113 SECTION II. Inflammation of the eye-lids and their consequences . . 114 Inflammation of the cellular tex- ture ; abscess . . . ib. Erysipelatous inflammation of the lids . . . .115 [Carbuncle of the eye-lids] . ib. CEdema . . , .116 Emphysema ib. Ophthalmia tarsi . . . ib. Catarrhal inflammation . . 117 Lippitudo . . . . ib. Psorophthalmia . . 120 Scrofulous inflammation . . ib. Inflammation of the lids with ulcera- tion . * • . ib. Hordeolum . .122 Secondary inflammations . . 123 Thickening and induration of the margins (tylosis). . . ib. Lossof the eye-lashes (ptilosis) 124 SECTION III. Ulcerations Syphilitic diseases 124 ib. Syphilitic ulcerations Cancer of the lower eye-lid SECTION IV. Changes of figure and position Ptosis .... Lagophthalmus Paralysis of the orbicularis palpe- brarum .... Blepharospasms Ectropium .... Operations of Jaeger and Dieffen- BACH .... Operation of Jaeger for lagophthal- mus .... Transplantation of skin for the repair or restoration of the lids Entropium Treatment by concentrated acid; by removing a portion of skin Operations of Messrs. Crampton and Guthrie Excision of the cilia Trichiasis . Distichiasis [Additional observation on inverted cilise] SECTION V Morbid connexions of the eye-lids Ancyloblepharon ; symblepharon Expicanthus SECTION VI. Tumours N&vi matcrm 125 127 133 ib. 135 ib. ib. ib. 137 139 ib. 142 143 144 146 ib. 147 ib. 149 ib. 150 151