Hints on ophthalmic out-patient practice / by Charles Higgens.

  • Higgens, Charles, 1846-1920.
Date:
1877
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Credit: Hints on ophthalmic out-patient practice / by Charles Higgens. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ranee of light, or in which we suspect that iritis is present, as sometimes happens, we order atro- pine drops—sulphate of atropine gr. j, water gj— to be used instead of the sulphate of copper drops; or an ointment—gr. \ of sulphate of atropine, gr. \ of acetate morphia, to 5J of vaseline —may be employed; a small portion of the ointment should be placed on the inner surface of the lower eyelids two or three times a day. If entropion exist we remedy it by operation ; inverted lashes, if only few in number, we remove with cilia forceps; but should a quantity turn inwards, we must remove the hair bulbs and tissue in which they rest with the knife. Cases of granular ophthalmia of long standing are rarely permanently cured, but the disease can be kept in check by careful and persevering treatment. There are now amongst the out- patients many who have been attending more or less regularly for years. Slight cases should be cured in the course of three to six months if persevered with. Purulent Ophthalmia is of all inflammations of the conjunctiva the most severe, and the most likely to give rise to permanent impairment, or complete loss, of vision, by causing ulceration or sloughing of the cornea.