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

  • Lawrence, William, Sir, 1783-1867.
Date:
1843
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Credit: A treatise on the diseases of the eye / by W. Lawrence. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Cases proper for the operation Position of the patient . Operation on the internal straight muscle with the curved director and knife .... Operation with forceps and scissors Operation with blunt hook . Specula for separating and fixing the eye-lids Double convergent strabismus [Editor's method of operating] Treatment after the operation Page 723 724 725 727 ib. 728 730 731 734 Page Effects of the operation on the inter- nal straight muscle . . . 735 Effects on the position and motions of the eye ib. Effects on vision . . . 736 Causes of failure in the operation . 737 Incomplete division of the tendon or of cellular adhesion . . . 738 Unnatural eversion; prominence of the eye jD. [Results of the operation, &c.] . 740 Luscitas 741 CHAPTER XXVI. AFFECTIONS OF THE LACHRYMAL ORGANS. SECTION I. Injuries of the lachrymal apparatus Foreign substances in the puncta lachrymalia . SECTION II. Diseases of the lachrymal gland Enlargement and induration Hydatid of the lachrymal gland SECTION III. Epiphora, or watery eye Stillicidium lachrymarum . SECTION IV. Diseases of the semilunar membrane and caruncula lachrymalis Encanthis 742 ib. 742 743 747 747 ib. 749 SECTION V. Affections of the lachrymal sac and nasal duct Capillary aperture of the sac Inflammation of the internal angle . Acute inflammation of the sac ° . Chronic inflammation of the lachry- mal sac .... Permanent obstruction of the nasal duct .... Hernia sacci lachrymalis Hydrops sacci lachrymalis . Various modes of treatment; probe and syringe . Injection of the sac with quicksilver Tube in the nasal duct Enlargement of the duct by'catgut. Introduction of instruments from the nose . Use of the silver style [Treatment by dilatation with Anel's probes] [Morgan's curved probe] ib. [Congenital absence of nasal duct] . 749 ib. ib. 750 752 754 755 ib. ib. 756 757 758 ib. 759 760 762 763