OPHTHALMY. 
For the pur- 
ids, he advifes 
the Ophthalmia, as it appeared in Paead fince the Return 
of the ae - Army from Egypt; by John Vetch, M.D. 
1807 ; 
Mr. War aye ives the preference to the aqua camphorata, 
which is to be ape aétly in the fame way, as was defcribed 
great bene ld ae ve been pr cad: 
ffe of the. remedies is often loit. 
n has been great, Mr. Ware has only put four or five 
grain, inttead of eight, of the cuprum iirc ap to aoe 
nces of water; and, while the inflamm = reat, 
would never advife more ecnac ight grains to "this quantit = 
r. He ufually employs the lotion elt efpecially in 
obliged to ufe it war es 
ing, it fhould be very weak, lefs often applied “a 
times only warm water injected. In fuch circumftances, 
{ponge, wet with 
hot water. When the cornea threatens to burit, this gentle- 
man ot aeddars of opening it, in order to difcharge the aque- 
ous humour, by making an incifion in a place where the {car 
will not obftruét vifion. 
Mr. Wardrop, it is well known, has advifed punéturing 
the cornea, and letting out the aqueous humour, in all cafes 
of ophthalmy attended with fevere sh dae and confider- 
able. fullnefs of the eye. (See Edinb. Med. and Surg. 
Journal, for January 1807.) Wa are approves of the 
fame proceeding in the epidemic purulent or Igygtian oph- 
thalmy, when antiphlogiftic, mucous, anda ee pines 
fail in leffening the fymptoms, and in preventing the co 
from becoming opaque 5 3 but, yee hi ifa ee rim fhould 
begin to be formed at its circumference. 
Of Chronic Ophthalmy. wv *striGly “fpeaking, every acute 
ophthalmy an a fecond ftage, which is, hil compar 
with the firft, of a chronic nature. ever, in gen 
when chronic ‘ophthal almy is fpoken of, the difeate j is e plied, 
8.8 
[ar 
are a ps 
eye 
eye, or of the adjoining i a whic 
the cucuie sper ay is aay an effect. 3. Conttiutional 
eafe. 
kind of cafe ie harly the ae as seers 
fhould take 
‘ e firkt 
of bark and valerian. The patient urifhi ing, 
e 3 d 
vapour of the {piritus ammonie com 
fioala: be ere to the eye, through a funnel for half an 
hour, three or four times a day, and the eye-lids and eye- 
‘ brows may be rubbed with the linimentum camphore. 
2: The diforders in the eye and its vicinity, on which 
chronic Beli le depends as an effect, are confidered in 
other articles of the prefent work. See FisruLa Lachry- 
malis; Stapuytoma’; Tricusasis; Ecrropium; &¢. 
We fhall conclude this fubje& with a few obfervations on 
chronic vanes haaebag ee with conftitutional difeafes. 
various _degrecs connected. tk large cities, the caufes are 
ated to be an impure atmofphere, improper food, and 
* No {pecific for {crofula being known, the treatment rather 
confilts in preventing an aggravation, than attempting the 
radical cure of the complaint. Every thing debilitating is 
injurious ; a8 —— indigeftible food, intenfe ftudy, a 
fedentary life, marfhy refidences, oe of {pirits, 
frequent tanitions from heat to cold. e other hand, 
keeping the bowels in a regular ftate with final dofes of the 
aad to topical remedies, foft relaxing applica- 
hu t flightly aftrin ngent owls ria, the 
unguentum tutiz, a ace antages 
ous applications. All coe mutt be cased from the 
eyes, except a fhade of green filk. 
Scrofula often difappears fpontaneoufly as children ap- 
proach the adult ftate, and, with it, this affe&tion of the 
Upon the treatment of fcrofulous ophthalmy, oe pub- 
lication. of the late Mr. Saunders affor rds no ve mark. 
able information. 
eis. is con 
acute, and the ear are ‘indifpofed to heal, we are advifed 
to injeé&t on them a folution of nitrate of filver, two grains 
ge water. But when more lymph i 
urging, a tioned. In t aps every Geaniaa ap- 
plication is  forbidde we are recommended to employ 
either a weak fj aint isto cold, or elfe a warm decoc- 
tion of poppies. 
Venereal Ophthalmy.—In no fubjec& do furgical si liebe 
betray lefs confiftenc an n 
tis 
its appearance. It is not commonly ate 
tended with aieh. rednefs of the tunica conjundtiva; rar is 
the fenfibility of the eye to light remarkably increafed ; ies 
2 this 
