GUTTA SERENA. 0° 
geftion, as well as the patient’s known habits jn refpect. to 
si may affift us in oe the nature of the 
diforder 
— le matters 5 a warm 
waters, &c, =~ the auxiliary part of = plan 
treatment. Various topical applications are rec 
by different praieioiers and, as the nlightine of ts 
{pots on the Vege hae excites an uncommon anx the patient 
- 
t 
never failed to find an’ sons harvelt in the fale of their 
various lotions and cofmet Thefe generally confit of 
folutions of fome of the en falts, 
lead, zinc, and mercury. ‘ of fimple gg eaters mixtures. 
It cannot be doubted, that of the form occafionally 
though they sduadh more Feat ly 
will fometimes prove ufeful, where others have been alto- 
goa eae age no fatisfactory ag to ois aot 
vatious operation given. It has bee: 
praia that be fade removal of thefe | pat 
ps: nae metallic lotions has frequently been followed y other 
f more danger. 
infer of the fuppreffion. of the « 
tions, and even a an alum p 
recting the morbid oe on which they fuppofed 
‘thefe 
Pie see to and of purifying the fkin, fuch as 
fumitory, brpists &c. are now in ts dee 
efficacy : and the various. 
rhe complicated peeing ewes” aoe 
which t erhaps receive as much praife 
due to them, wi ae is harmlefs. See an abun-” 
dant variety - thele in Turner’s ‘Treatife on 1 Difeafes of 
the Skin, part ii. apy i." ect 
Gorr a Mercia, or Peet g Berri. 
fcc of Unde in which fenfibility 
optic nerve 
he exile as ‘is made out much more diffi 
magin 2 “shen there no vifible d 
of them, the herd of diet suicke have h 
efpecially, of thofe of S 
fail, and one > 
“no couphane of by perfons who are 
nee ferena. 
> ately Ta accu : 
fa {RSE ELS bere me 7-5 
of motion in the prefent) ey this is: not invariably 
cafe. In piles iris not. only voit 
natural motion, but is real: of moving with uncommon 
activity, fo that, in a very moderate light, it will comteagy 
in an unufual degree, and nearly clofe the pupil.. 
orc certain conclufions be drawn from thefe 
various conditions of the pupil in the gutta ferena, = 
regard to the particular His and charaéter of 
plaint. or inftance, the moveable or immoveable flate er? 
the pupil can neither be confidered: a8 a huoleel Une: 
favourable circumitance im the ca metimes an amalle « 
rofis may be cured which is attended se a pupil exiae 
ordinarily dilated, and entirely motionlefs, § 
diforder proves incurable, pace: the. up 1s. 
its proper fize, and capable of m There are likewile 
examples, in which. a e. pupil weccivers its movea cohen 
the courfe of the errs although nothing will ra 
in re-eftablithing the ‘figh 
pupil of an cre affeted with amaurofis, feldom 
exhibits the clear fhining blacknefs, which is feen in a 
ealthy eye. it i 
is frequently enough to Mages. the 
experienced persis of the nature — of t 
ometimes the c 
complaint ae 
This error, into ‘which ae 
he 
m by. confidering, that, though 
y be known’ 
ght is weak it is not rendered faulty by an appearance of 
mit before Se eyes, which latter caomieace, alw: 
begi to be afflié 
with cataracts, not to mention that there sage ufually prefen 
feveral other ; Seni which bar pelea to. Fa: 
the interior ofthe eye, a good way. be behind the 
is Gitte e white. A concave white furface sr <a 
G8 milly, and ee al ae, ene! 
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