Epidemic ophthalmiaY.J. Pentland, 1896 - 278 pages |
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... cured . This severe and radical operation is recommended by its inventor in the worst cases of trachoma — that is , those rebellious to the ordinary methods of treatment ; it is claimed that , after its perform- ance , pannus and ...
... cured . This severe and radical operation is recommended by its inventor in the worst cases of trachoma — that is , those rebellious to the ordinary methods of treatment ; it is claimed that , after its perform- ance , pannus and ...
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... cure . Before leaving this subject , it should be mentioned that a kind of muco - purulent inflammation may be set up by contact with non- * The following figures are from an analysis of the last 21 cases of this malady that have come ...
... cure . Before leaving this subject , it should be mentioned that a kind of muco - purulent inflammation may be set up by contact with non- * The following figures are from an analysis of the last 21 cases of this malady that have come ...
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... cured ? ( 2 ) Was the new - comer himself perfectly free from that ailment , or did he , on the other hand , suffer from a purulent ophthalmia engrafted upon a pre - existing trachoma ? Without definite evidence on these and cognate ...
... cured ? ( 2 ) Was the new - comer himself perfectly free from that ailment , or did he , on the other hand , suffer from a purulent ophthalmia engrafted upon a pre - existing trachoma ? Without definite evidence on these and cognate ...
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... cured by the same remedies as the clap itself . " Chandler 40 mentions the case of a young man who con- tracted a severe venereal ophthalmy " by washing his eyes with urine whilst suffering from gonorrhoea . Swediaur ( 1784 ) mentions ...
... cured by the same remedies as the clap itself . " Chandler 40 mentions the case of a young man who con- tracted a severe venereal ophthalmy " by washing his eyes with urine whilst suffering from gonorrhoea . Swediaur ( 1784 ) mentions ...
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... cured . In the course of a few weeks afterwards , several cases of granular disease occurring among the men necessi- tated a careful inquiry into the probable cause or causes , when , in addition to what has been stated , it was shown ...
... cured . In the course of a few weeks afterwards , several cases of granular disease occurring among the men necessi- tated a careful inquiry into the probable cause or causes , when , in addition to what has been stated , it was shown ...
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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.