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DISEASES OP THE HOHSE. 



(11.) Simple Opthalmia, oe Cataekhax, Opthal- 

 MIA. — Symptoms. A thick, mucous discharge from the eye, 

 accompanying cases of cold or catarrh, redness and swelling 

 of the membrane lining the inside of the eyelids. This 

 condition and appearance resemble the lining of the nose in 

 cases of cold. This affection may, with propriety, be called 

 muco-purulent opthalmia, and it is not unlike the Egyptian 

 opthalmia of man, produced by the introduction of the 

 flying sands of the Arabian desert. Opthalmia may be 

 simple or acute ; consequently, the treatment will be accord- 

 ingly. 



OPERATING ON THE BYB. 



