SO Mr. Foote on the Use of the : 
Case V. Opacity of the Cornea, treated by the Ol. Limon. 
Fanny Folkes, etat. eleven, was admitted an in-patient in the 
Westminster Hospital, with opacities on each cornea. Her eyes 
had been bad for the period of two years, the disease being the 
result of inflammation. Her vision is very imperfect; she cannot 
distinguish letters. The opacities are nearly central, attended with 
a general muddiness of the cornea. Has been under treatment 
for some time, but without deriving any advantage. There is not 
any inflammation of the eye, or its appendages, at present. 
June 7th, (ten days after admission.) The essential oil of 
lemons has been applied daily, with the effect of producing consi- 
derable smarting pain, lasting about a quarter of an hour. The © 
general muddiness of the cornea is much diminished; the nebule 
are not so evident as when she was admitted, and _ her vision is so 
much improved that she can distinguish the letters, and spell them, 
on her admission-ticket. Her bowels have been regulated by me- 
dicine occasionally.—Let her continue. 
Case VI. Muco-purulent Ophthalmia, followed by Erysipelas of 
the Face, extending to the Eyelids, treated with the Ol. Limon. 
and the Tartar Emetic. 
Timothy Fitzpatrick, etat. fifty, a man of a sanguineous tempe- 
rament, short and stout, has been in attendance a considerable 
period. 
About two years ago, he lost the sight of the left eye from in- 
flammation, in consequence of which the cornea and other parts 
became disorganized, and the cavity of the anterior chamber lost, 
the cornea lucida being completely flattened. He has been an 
out-patient occasionally several times since, for attacks of inflam- 
mation affecting the conjunctiva covering the ball and lining the 
eyelids. ; 
During the night of the 14-15th of May, 1833, he suffered from 
a fresh accession of pain in the left eye, attended with a considera- 
ble discharge, the pain chiefly at the outer canthus. He does not 
know any cause for this attack; says he has not caught cold 
lately, nor has anything got into the eye that he is aware of. On 
examining the organ (May 15th,) there appears: considerable in- 
flammation of the conjunctiva of the ball and lids, that membrane 
being exceedingly vascular and chemosed; a fluid of a muco- 
purulent character is constantly and rapidly secreted; the pain 
continuing at the outer canthus. [Several symptoms are here~ 
either wanting or masked, in consequence of the loss of vision ; 
such as the aversion to, and the inability to bear, the light, the 
degree to which vision is affected by the inflammation, &c.] The 
tongue is covered with awhitish fur, and the bowels are regular.— 
Applicatur gutta Olei Essentialis Limonis. Capiat Magnesiz 
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