OPHTHALMY. 
now in what ftate the eye is; ieee = is more or lefs 
injured, totally loft or capable of any The continu- 
ance or extinction a fae Frequently depen on the 
{pace of a few hours: relieved from the 
greateft uncertainty, in thefe ‘ely cael the cornea be- 
comes le.”’ 
a entleman, with every “appearance od reafon, con- 
demns the ufe of emollient poultices, which mutt have a ten- 
dency to increafe th g and relaxation of the conjunc- 
tiva s are preferred, he particularly recom- 
as one made of the curds of milk, oes Cad alu ace 
an equal part of unguentum fambuci, or axungia ses 
This is to be put on cold, eu pecuends (ane without 
omitting the ufe of the injection. re, 
When the fecreted ae is glutinous, ‘and makes the 
eye-lids fo adherent pa vaes that they cannot be opened, 
after being fhut for any length of time, the adhefive matter 
mutt foftened with a little frefh butter mixed with warm 
milk, or by means of any other foft oleaginous liquor, 
after he poultice is taken off, and before ufing the lotion. 
P.1 
147. 
if the everfion of the eye-lids only occurs when the 
e v T 
is conftant, the injeCtion muft be repeated more frequently 
than in other cafes; the eye-lids put in their natural pofition 
after its ufe; an attendant direéted to hold on them, 
with his finger, be fome length of ae a comprefs a 
in the dituted aqua camphorata. 
n fome cafes, when the infide of ie eye-lids has been 
isd not 2 ig deep a kind. the 
up by a bad habit, alteratives fhoul 
hibited, fhch as the zthiops mineralis, or {mall oe “of 
fuppreffion of a gonorrhoea, and the inadvertent application 
of the matter of gonorrhcea to the eyes, that we feel it to 
be our duty not to pafs over the cafe in filence 
The difeafe rege ‘ane a {welling of fee conjun¢tiva, 
mefa aire . sere followed 
» fi 
wa oil, introduce eS a 
perineum, with a view of renewing the difcharge from the 
paffa e. owever, the ra ee at the complaivt, upon the 
ind a degree of ica concerning the reality of 
Cooper’s Firft Lines of Surgery, 
cerning m 
the imputed a 
Pp- 316. e 
The orden of the purulent ophthalmy in aa fub- 
jes, from what caufe foever it may arife, ‘confifts in adopt- 
ing at firft antiphlogiftic means, applying emollient remedies 
to the eyes, and a blifter to the temple, or nape of the 
neck. ‘I'he eyes may be frequently fomented with a decoc- 
tion of white poppy 
red upon the edge of each aa every night 
Wh heat and pain in the eyes, and the febrile 
fymptoms are diminifhed ; when an abundant difcharge of 
as commenced; all topical emollient applications 
are to be relinquifhed, and the following collyrium made 
ufe of: aaa role 3x. rarg. his haba gr. j 
Mifce. 
* 
fo 
va. tha 
naming the epi 
fince one of its chief fymptom 
it from every other, is the profufe difcharge of a purulent- 
coloured fluid. This cafe is very different from an oph- 
thalmy, which, at various times, has been epidemic i in this 
and other coanteee, —_ 
Senet eld, But v arreft 
the ae i of the difeale the fecond itage appears, when 
the el aa geass become much enlarged; the eye- 
lids can only with extremé difficulty,, and then 
ele a eaig uid i is difcharged and excoriates the face, 
or 
