u 
FR. BLAZEKOVIC. 
junctival tis^ties and bound with danger to the entire eye, while 
the catarrhal process are of a simple inflammatory and superficial 
character. It is absolutely necessary, in considering the disturban¬ 
ces in question, to bear this differentiation sharply in mind, as the 
same is of essential diagnostic value, and because it plays an cetio- 
logical role in reference to blennorrhoe, for as said, under untoward 
circumstances the catarrh may terminate in the much more severe 
and lethal process. Whoever has seen and recognized the difference 
in both processes will scarcely find himself in a condition to make 
an erroneous diagnosis. 
The blennorrhoe is essentially characterized by its acute erup¬ 
tion, which either succeeds to a highly developed inflammation re¬ 
sulting in an extremely profuse exudation of a thick purulent mass 
with complications of the conjunctiva and the adjoining tissues, for¬ 
mation 6f buJlace, clouding of the cornea, and lacrnneal fluid, haem¬ 
orrhage, finally gangrenous excoriations of the cornea, and 
swelling of its parenchym, ending in rupture of the same, and 
finally in loss of the eye, or it first appears after the ^etiological 
moment or momenta, whatever their nature may be, have been 
at work some hours, in seldom cases some days, followed by a 
fluido-cellulod exudate in the conjunctiva, leading to further 
complications with a more or less fluido-purulent character. 
This process remains either limited to the conjunctiva palpebrum 
and the tissues of the lids, or extends over the entire conjunctiva, 
occasioning finally inflammation of the adjoining tissues. This 
variability in the retention of the disturbances gives rise to the 
two forms which the disease presents to us, viz. : Blepharoblenn- 
orrhce and ophthalmoblennorrhoe. A third form, the granulous 
affection of the lids, is only a conclusion following either of the 
above forms. The inflammatory character of these forms is with 
regard to the anatomic processes partly exudatine, partly puru¬ 
lent and ulcerous, when the disturbance is more intense, degen¬ 
erative and productive disturbance in the form of the above 
mentioned granulse come to pass. The terminations of the dis¬ 
eases are very variable, and when the therapeutic interferences 
are irrational, ends in most cases with loss of sight, let it be as a 
consequence of the excessive grade of the inflammation and the 
