54 VETEEINAEY OPHTHALMOLOGY. 



B Sulpli. Zinc. ■grs. ij to the oz. of distilled water; 



5 Boric, ac, 4 % 

 Sig. Gtt. j t. i. d., or oftenerjor, 



^ Ac. Boric, gr. xij. 

 Aq. Cainph. 

 Ag. destill. aa 3 ij. 



M. Sig. Gtt. i. t. i. d. or oftener. 



Purulent Conjunctivitis, Blennorrhcea, Contagious 

 Ophthalmia. — This is like the catarrhal, but with in- 

 tensification of all the symptoms. Due to .the same 

 causes. It often appeal's as an epidemic, where num- 

 bers are crowded together with poor hygiene. Is 

 met with in the Asiatic countries especially. The dis- 

 charges are thick, purulent and yery contagious. Very 

 great danger of invasion of the cornea, whicli results 

 in ulceration, sloughing and probable loss of the eye, 

 within a short time. 



Treatment. — Mild cases should receive same 

 treatment as the catarrhal form. Severe cases re- 

 quire isolation, darkness and quiet ; and, first, last 

 and all the time, watch the pus, which micst not be 

 allowed to accumulate. Sometimes cleansing is 

 needed every few minutes. Application of cold, 

 bleeding, scarification of the conjunctiva, if the swell- 

 ing be pronounced and chemosis be present, and, if the 

 lids press greatly upon the globe, canthotomy. When 

 the discharge appears, astringent lotions every few 



