Epidemic ophthalmiaY.J. Pentland, 1896 - 278 pages |
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... patient's lip . The transplanted membrane - which is of rectangular shape , 5 mm . long , 7 or 8 to 11 mm . broad - is retained in place by four sutures . Noiszewski has performed this operation on eight patients , but the results do ...
... patient's lip . The transplanted membrane - which is of rectangular shape , 5 mm . long , 7 or 8 to 11 mm . broad - is retained in place by four sutures . Noiszewski has performed this operation on eight patients , but the results do ...
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... patients , so it is said , are 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 ...
... patients , so it is said , are 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 ...
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... Patients - Examining the Eyes of New- comers - Pudendal Discharges and Ophthalmia - Ventilation and Heat- ing - Lavatory Arrangements - Medical Inspections - Conditions com- mon among Children - Measles and Ophthalmia , PAGE 1-80 A ...
... Patients - Examining the Eyes of New- comers - Pudendal Discharges and Ophthalmia - Ventilation and Heat- ing - Lavatory Arrangements - Medical Inspections - Conditions com- mon among Children - Measles and Ophthalmia , PAGE 1-80 A ...
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... patients to the ophthalmic hospitals , when they are not infrequently found to have sustained damage to sight . In this way their wage- earning value is reduced , and their chances of a relapse into pauperism are infinitely multiplied ...
... patients to the ophthalmic hospitals , when they are not infrequently found to have sustained damage to sight . In this way their wage- earning value is reduced , and their chances of a relapse into pauperism are infinitely multiplied ...
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... patients under twenty years of age . Many authorities seem inclined to regard pustular as merely a variety of phlyctenular conjunctivitis . Aphthous cases , however , differ in at least three particulars from the ordinary phlyctenular ...
... patients under twenty years of age . Many authorities seem inclined to regard pustular as merely a variety of phlyctenular conjunctivitis . Aphthous cases , however , differ in at least three particulars from the ordinary phlyctenular ...
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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.