OPHTHALMY. 
matter takes the place of a fecretion of thin ferum, or of a 
te of the eye ¢ organs can now 
thefe latter, Bessie t corroborant collyria are 
ftituted. arpa recommends the following eplain: 
action in the part a . Two y be in- 
aa between “ eyelids and abe of the thes laa 
a common cafes; but in others, attended w ore 
fenfibility, once will at ‘firlt be nea nt. Mr. War ake 
, has found, that intro- 
the eyes become clear 
It fhould be well underftood, that the tintura thebaica ma y 
3; an 
ich 
when the violence of the pain and the inability 
to bear - light are a 
Whenever the patient can ‘eafily bear a — degree 
of light, all sa pee fhould be removed the eyes, 
n or black fi 
i es, 
Purulent Ophthalmy o hi fe — 7 —— of ophthalmy 
produces fuch a fw the eye-| ie ntirely 
prevents their feoeatian from each eke 0 e fur- 
eon obtain a view of the membrane lining them, F ‘will e 
Ban to be wrinkled, and converted into a red villous fur- 
face, fomewhat like the inner coat o we reCitum, when 
protruded in young children. (Warner on e Human Eye 
2 metimes in the child’ the eels 
8 fits of cryi 
become everted, and continue fo, until re& oe by an atten- 
dant. No fuoner is the ort attack of inflammation 
palt, than a difcharge of ay yellow maiier enfves, truly 
{urprifing in quantity, partly fecreted by the Meibomian 
‘ious, fungus-like furface, into 
the 
a 
ment between the {welled eye-lids anid the eel aig 
Vou, XXV. 
r ftaphyloma. 
c 
foon put to this diftrefling malady, ey tenders the 
cornea fo opaque and — as to form what is termed 
Cay this word. ) ornea has even been 
known to burft, the ee to ay di iaeeed. and the eye 
to fink in the orbit, The febrile fymptoms are at firft fevere; 
the infant is continually fretful and Seopa and a diarrhoea 
is not unfrequently concomitant. ion of the eyes 
is irene accompained with eru otons on the head, 
ee marks of a f{crofulous conftitution. Ware, 
neck or temples. The 
and not covered with much clothes. 
prevail, it is a gah to purge with a little rhubarb, or mag- 
nefia, in fyrup of violets. 
A furgeon 18 ics called in before the firft fhort inflam. 
matory ftage has ceafed, and an immenfe difcharge of matter 
from the eyes has commenced. Of courfe, emollient applica. 
‘tiens are generally improper. 
are immediately indicated, in order 
of the conjunétiva and eye-lids their original tone, to rectify 
the villous and fungous appearance of the lining of the 
palpebra, and ne finally to check the morbid fecretion of 
matter. For this purpofe, Mr. Ware ftrongly recommends 
the aqua Shorts of Bates’s ieee hy 
vitriolati, Bol. Armen. 44 Ziv. j- ~& 
. pulvis, de quo projice 3j. in aque bullientis Ibiv. amove ab 
igne, et fubfidant faces. are, in his late Remarks 
on Purulent Ophthalmy, 1808, sae that he ufually 
dire&s the aqua eg ase as follo upri i 
lati. Bol. Armen. 44 gr. viij. Cam aeabore gr. ij. Mifc 
et affunde aque Tullieats Zviij. Cum lotio fit trigida, cf. 
fundatur limpidus liquor, et fzpiffimé injiciatur paululum 
inter oculum et palpebras. This remedy poffeffes a very 
ftyptic quality ; but it is much too ftrong for ufe, before it 
is diluted; and the degree of its dilution muft always be 
determined by the peculiar circumftance of each cafe. Mr: 
Ware ventures to recommend about one dram of it to be 
mixed withan ounce of cold clear water, as a medium or ftand- 
= on m ufed once or nec vaday, an 
aoe above proportions; but in — = it 19 
cece to apply it once or twice every to ins 
creafe its tt tic power in proportion; an at e come 
plaint is fomewhat relieved, the ftrength of the iofce may 
be ie a Its application be leis trequent- 
« The s for a frequent repetition of the means 
jut mentioned, i in bad cafes, are, indeed, of the moft urgent 
nature. Until the conjun@iva is fomewhat thinned, and 
the quantity of the difcharge diminifhed, it is impoffible to 
3N know 
