Epidemic ophthalmiaY.J. Pentland, 1896 - 278 pages |
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... conjunctiva . by means of the fingers or by the aid of special forceps . Three further procedures attract attention , more , perhaps , by reason of their complicated character than by their practical utility . I refer to the operations ...
... conjunctiva . by means of the fingers or by the aid of special forceps . Three further procedures attract attention , more , perhaps , by reason of their complicated character than by their practical utility . I refer to the operations ...
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... conjunctiva , which is traversed by few or many enlarged vessels , often shows small plum - coloured spots or patches , due to hæmorrhage , and at times may be somewhat swollen and oedematous . The character of the secretion varies ...
... conjunctiva , which is traversed by few or many enlarged vessels , often shows small plum - coloured spots or patches , due to hæmorrhage , and at times may be somewhat swollen and oedematous . The character of the secretion varies ...
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... conjunctiva of the upper lid is , so to speak , sprinkled with small whitish growths , flattened as the result of pressure . The second variety of epidemic muco - purulent inflammation of the conjunctiva is that known to the older ...
... conjunctiva of the upper lid is , so to speak , sprinkled with small whitish growths , flattened as the result of pressure . The second variety of epidemic muco - purulent inflammation of the conjunctiva is that known to the older ...
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... conjunctiva are considerably swollen . The bulbar conjunctiva is much , congested , hæmorrhages and chemosis are common , and there is a good deal of muco - purulent discharge . In rare instances , the cornea suffers from a curious sort ...
... conjunctiva are considerably swollen . The bulbar conjunctiva is much , congested , hæmorrhages and chemosis are common , and there is a good deal of muco - purulent discharge . In rare instances , the cornea suffers from a curious sort ...
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... conjunctiva . For my own part , I have more than once observed the secretion from an impetiginous eruption of the face give rise to an ophthalmia that resembled the muco - purulent type in its external characters . Indeed , the ...
... conjunctiva . For my own part , I have more than once observed the secretion from an impetiginous eruption of the face give rise to an ophthalmia that resembled the muco - purulent type in its external characters . Indeed , the ...
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acute ophthalmia acute trachoma adenoid affected agent ailment appearance application atropine bath blepharitis bluestone Boys Bruxelles catarrhal catarrhal ophthalmia caustic cent chemosis chronic colour common condition contagion contagious cornea cul-de-sac cure d'ocul diphtheritic discharge disease Edinburgh Edinburgh Royal Infirmary entropion epidemic ophthalmia escharotic everted examination excision experience eyelids fact fold follicles follicular granulation folliculosis forceps fornix Girls glands gonococcus granular growths hæmorrhage Hairion healthy Hospital incision Infants infection inflammation inoculation instance intermarginal jequirity junctiva lashes London lower lid lunar caustic malady matter means membrane method muco-purulent mucous mucous membrane nitrate observed ointment operation Ophth palpebral conjunctiva pannus patients Peritomy photophobia practice present ptosis purulent ophthalmia regard remedy removed sago-grain scarring similar skin solution spread stage of trachoma surface surgeon surgical sutures swollen symblepharon symptoms tarsal tarsus tion tissue towels trachoma treatment trichiasis ulceration upper lid vesicular granulation vessels washing
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Page 135 - ... knife, or dissected away with the scissors. In performing the operation, it is necessary to beware of removing more than the mere granular layer. If more than this is taken away, hard and irregular cicatrices are left on the internal surface of the lids, the effects of which on the corneae may be scarcely, if at all, less prejudicial than those of the morbid structure which has been removed.