78 Mr. Foote on the Use of the 
two diseases, I should be very dubious of its powers. On the 
whole, I believe it to be preferable to the vinum opii inall cases 
where a stimulant is indicated, and equal, in many, to the 
unguentum argent. nitratis, but falling short of it in others; 
while the great facility with which it may be obtained and 
applied, renders it a great acquisition to the country surgeon, 
who would find it inconvenient to spend a couple of hours 
over the mortar in pulverizing the nitrate of silver, with the 
prospect that, when he has made his ointment, he may be 
unable to use it, from the circumstance that he has left a few 
granules of the nitrate not sufficiently fine, and which no’ 
after-treatment will be able properly to reduce. Ihave tried 
it in about five and twenty cases; and shall subjoin ibe detail 
of a few, with which I shall conclude. 
Case I. Catarrhal Ophthalmia, treated by the Oleum Limonum. 
Sarah Lawrence, etat. twenty-three, admitted the 17th May, 
1833. Catarrhal inflammation of the left eye, of a month’s dura- 
tion; The disease was not noticed for the first week, but was 
afterwards treated by a surgeon; leeches were applied to the 
temple, a blister behind the ear, lotions, and medicines internally ; 
she says the eye improved a little under the treatment pursued. 
She complains of pain in the eye and parts adjacent, so severe as 
nearly to prevent her sleeping at night; considerable lachrymation, 
tears scalding; vision misty; the eyelids used to adhere in the 
morning, but not for the last two or three days. Her general health 
is somewhat affected by the disease, appetite failing, tongue rather 
furred, bowels open. The conjunctiva of the ball and eyelids 
injected and inflamed, the affection of the lids being the more 
intense; a pustule forming on the lower margin of the cornea. 
The vessels of the conjunctiva of the ball are more of a pink colour, 
but do not form the zone around the cornea. Neither the cornea 
nee the iris are affected—App. Ol. Ess. Limon. gutt. ad ocul.: 
k. Magnes. Sulphatis 5i.; Infusi Sennze comp. lb.ss. solve. Capiat 
ee larga ij. omni mane primo. 
20th. The pain and inflammation are diminished, and vision is 
improving; the pustule is small; bowels opened by medicine.— 
Rep. Ol. Limon. et Mist. purgans. 
2ist. Inflammation very much diminished.—Rep. Ol. Limon. 
22d. The pain has nearly gone; vision considerably improved. 
—Rep. Ol. Limon. et Mist. purgans. 
23d. Vision is as perfect as ever. Slight inflammation of the 
eyelids still exists. 
27th. Is going into the country. To have the vinum opii 
dropped in occasionally. 
