172 INFLAMMATION OF THE SCLEROTICA. 
Sixpences mile I have always considered sufficiently re- 
munerative; indeed I think we should be benefited by it, 
and I have for some time striven to form a company which 
should lower the fare, and, what is of immense importance, 
reform the servant, whose hourly practice is to deceive and 
annoy his customer. Your powerful pen was, some time 
since, wielded against the iniquity of the present system, 
and I was in hopes it would have brought about a general 
alteration. Pray do not let the subject drop, A few 
“ younger sons,” with an old head or two upon their 
shoulders, would in combination cure the evil, and entitle 
themselves to the lasting gratitude of half the population of 
this city. 
With an apology for the length of this letter, which 
nothing but the importance of the subject would have in- 
duced me to offer, 
Believe me, Sir, most respectfully yours, 
AN OLD FATHER. 
Jan. 25 . 
ON INFLAMMATIONS OF THE SCLEROTICA. 
After stating that this affection occurs commonly in the 
antumnal and winter months, Mr. White Cooper thus de- 
scribes the symptoms : — 
“ The tough, fibrous sclerotic has little sensibility in its 
normal state; but when the vessels composing its areolar 
tissue swell under inflammation, the membrane yields to 
the distension slowly, obstinately, and with grievous pain. 
To a superficial observer, the inflammation appears much 
less severe than in conjunctivitis ; for in place of the bright 
crimson of the latter, the eye has a generally diffused pink 
hue, caused by the minute capillaries of the white sclerotic 
being gorged with red blood. On close inspection, there 
will be seen a series of straight vessels running from the 
periphery of the globe towards the cornea, separately at first, 
but inosculating at acute angles as they approach it ; these 
are manifestly deeper than the more tortuous vessels, which 
may always be seen coursing over the surface. 
“ Whenever the sclerotic is inflamed, there is deep-seated 
pain, of an aching, throbbing character. The globe feels too 
large for the socket, and is tender to the touch ; the pain is 
not confined to the eye, but extends to the temple, which is 
bruised and sore ; in severe cases the whole side of the head, 
even to the occiput, together with the brow and cheek, par- 
ticipate in the suffering. This is aggravated at night, and 
