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■with a solution of 20 grains of iodine in an ounce of carbolic acid, and 

 one-half an ounce of tincture of muriate ot iron may be given thrice 

 daily in a bottle of water. In anthrax the swelling should be painted 

 with tincture of iodiue, or of the mixture of iodine and carbolic acid, 

 and if very threatening it may have the tincture of iodine injected into 

 the swelling with a hypodermic syringe, or the hard mass may be freely 

 incised to its depth with a sharp lancet and the lotion applied to the 

 exposed tissues. Internally iodide of potassium may be given in doses 

 of 2 drams thrice a day, or tincture of the muriate of iron every four 

 hours... 



STYE — FURUNCLE (BOIL) OF THE EYELID. 



This is an inflammation of limited extent, advancing to the formation 

 of matter and the sloughing out of a small mass of the natural tissue 

 of the eyelid. It forms a firm, rounded swelling, usually near the mar- 

 gin of the lid, which suppurates and bursts in four or five days. Its 

 course may be hastened by a poultice of chamomile flowers, to which 

 have been added a few drops of carbolic acid, the whole applied in a 

 very thin muslin bag. If the swelling is slow to open after having be- 

 come yellowisli-white, it may be opened by a lancet, the incision being 

 made at right angles to the margin of the lid. 



ENTROPION AND ECTROPION — INVERSION AND EVERSION OF THE EYE 



LID. 



These are respectively caused by wounds, sloughs, ulcers, or other 

 causes of loss of substance of the mucous membrane on the inside of 

 the lid and of the skin on the outside ; also of tumors, skin diseases, or 

 paralysis which leads to displacement of the margin of the eyelid. As 

 a rule they require a surgical operation, with removal of an eliptical 

 jiortion of the mucous membrane or skin, as the case may be, but which 

 requires the skilled and delicate hand of the surgeon. 



TRICHIASIS.. 



This consists in the turning in of the eyelashes so as to irritate the 

 front of the eye. If a single eyelash, It may be snipped off with scis- 

 sors close to the margin of the eyelid, or pulled out by the root with 

 a pair of flat-bladed forceps. If the divergent lashes are more numer- 

 ous the treatment may be as for entropion by excising an elliptical por- 

 tion of skin opposite the offending lashes, and stitching the edges 

 together, so as to draw outward the margin of the lid at that point. 



"WARTS AND OTHER TUMORS OF THE EYELIDS. 



The eyelids form a favorite site for tumors, and above all, warts, which 

 consist in a simple diseased overgrowth (hypertrophy) of the surface 

 layers of the skin. If small, these may be snipped off with scissors. 



