FUNGUS. 
he vornea. At laft, the cornea uleerates, and a fungous 
‘tumour fhcots out. - certain inftances, the {welling 
makes its way through the f{clerotic coat. 
Wardrop notices, that the fungus to which we have 
juft adverted is very rapid in its growth, and often 
eae a confiderable Grae When baie ; Be bears a near 
refemblance to a foft polypus. s gen a 
red, or purple colour. Its furface is ee ‘te and often 
covered w th ean blood. Its fubftance is eafily torn, 
and on being broken, or flightly {cratched, a profuf 
morrhage takes place. In_ particular cafes, the fungus is 
of a vee texture. 
the sine cnjandva 
large fize, moft p ts flo 
with a ve “ fi fmell, eat adi char e of acri 
n the courfe of the difeafe the ymphatic oi. be- 
come ea particularly thofe which lie about the pa- 
rotid gland, and under the lower 
When an eye, affeGted with the fungus hematodes, in an 
advanced flate, is difleéted, a difeafed mafs 1 is found extend- 
cry and aera humour Se 
annihila a while the iy coat is propelled forward, 
and fometimes quite ies 
The fubftance of the eae itfelf has the yi sealers 
of medullary matter, being chiefly compofed of an opaque, 
whitifh, homegencous te ss a eu lp foft- 
, chara€tetize bra It varies, 
lo ur in “different cafes, 
fo eee contains bony particles. 
"The optic nerve is thicker and harder than natural, of a 
brownifh afh-colour, and deftitute of the tubular pitied ead 
pieces, the up the interfpaces, fur- 
younding the different portions of the nerve, and forming 
ne connected mafs with the contents of the eye-ball. 
Other aga ie have been remarked in the nerve; but they 
t by a reference to Mr. Wardrop’s ‘pub- 
ain and its membranes have alfo been obferved to 
difeafe. Dark red 
tunica pear and pia m 
ver te furface of the 
brain, and proved to be fmall hae, containing a fluid like 
ater, 
When ee egies glands are enlarged, they are found 
onverted 1 e fame ki nd. of medullar 
ene the * leated mafs in the Ps 
fin 
{pots have been noticed onthe the 
» in other examples, white ig were. 
has: = oe diferimipated’ by mtoft of the Bett furgical 
write: 
ht of young fubjecis is aii deftroyed ae 
fore the attention of alae is excited to the diflempe 
n many cafes, however, the eye firlt receives a b ine 
which bringe on ccananson, and after the ophthalmy has 
lafied a certain Basen e coloured ad becomes pere 
ttom of the eye. external vio= 
irft fymptom is a see fulnefs of 
the veflels of the conjunétiva, the iris becoming, at the 
fame time, extremely vafcular, and altered in Shea and: 
the pupil dilated and immoveable. There is feldom muctr 
ut the child is fometimes aes 
n adults, ihe eee hematodes of the eye aad 
comes on without any apparent caufe, thoug 
in confequence of a. blow. ‘At firft, th 
is flightly reddened, and vifion is inditin 
and ob{curity of nae increafe mil andan 1 aching pain is 
experienced in the head. tter fymptom is defcribed 
as being moft ago cae, pep iculae during the night, and: 
ver becoming diminifhed, until the eye burits and the 
oe are difcharged. Only one eye is in general 
ected. 
gp 
Fay 
With regard to the cure of the fungus hematodes of the: 
eye, the enly chance of effecting this defirable object de- 
pends upon the early extirpation of the difeafed organ. It 
muft be ree ine ae how i that moft o le as 
fon, in which the morbid e as baa remo ave hie 
therto proved cnficeeh: fal. ee to a recurren ie of the 
difeafe. ‘I'he reafon of this cixcumftance may be isuputed: 
to the optic nerve being almoft-always in a morbid ftate, 
before any mare is made me emove- the eye. Mr. Ward- 
- remarks, .that paft experience eerie the nee opriety of: 
attempting anv operation, oe a 
difeafe. has a dvanced fo 
far that the pofterior chamber is filled with the difeafed 
growth, Since no internal fodiens nor external a soars 
tions, feem to afford the leaft hope of checking any form 
the fungus hematodes, it is obvious, that when the difeate - 
of the eye has exceeded certain bounds, the miferable lt 
tient is placed beyond the reach of any effeCtual aid from. 
w We fhall conclude our remarks on fungus hematodes of 
eye, with referring the reader to a late valuable publi- 
cation, entitled « Obfervations on Fungus Hematodes,’ 
y James Wardrop, 1809. In this 4 many cafes, and) 
numerous particula ars, re elative to the marbid anatomy of. 
the difeafe, are ably defcri 
When fungus hematodes affects any part of the limbs,, 
the difeafe generally commences with a {mall eolourlels: 
tumour, which, if there be no thick covering over it, fuch as: 
the fafcia of a mufcle, or the aponeurofis. ofthe foot, is foft 
burft, a ey ulcer is aie S ; but, according to and elaftic, but in other tenfe. bee t irk free from 
Wardrop, no fungus fhoo unlefs ue the af- uneafinefe; but by. degree ae pel ag 8: OCCa~. 
fection of a lymphatic gland is itfelf sr a fionally- through it, more and m oie equetly, until the- 
In confidering the Paes s hematodes of the os every fuffering is inceffant. Fora soihacahi e-the tumour- 
ife at 
which 
eafes with 
twenty were under twelve years of Le and it is ated, 
in “ Tes Ceuvres Chirurgie es de Default, pal Bichat,’’ 
tom. 2, that two-thirds of the aan on. Ww efault. 
* Hotel Dieu, were- 
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difpofed to attack perfons advanced in life, we may con- 
elude, that Default’s patients, for the moft part, laboured. v 
r the fungus hematodes, from which, indeed, eancer. 
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is‘fmooth and evens but afterwards it ee irregularly - 
in one or more poi nts, a and the ikin at.this place becomes of: 
a livid red colour, and feels thinner than eHewhere. It here- 
readily yields to.preflure, but inftantly bounds up. again, 
Small openings now form in thefe projections, and difchar 
a thin A mediately after thefe 
ap 
the 
integ uments. 
