Epidemic ophthalmiaY.J. Pentland, 1896 - 278 pages |
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... period the disease prevailed in the English and French armies , which had lately been engaged in the Egyptian campaigns . It attacked Our own troops with great severity , and on their return home , quickly spread to the civil population ...
... period the disease prevailed in the English and French armies , which had lately been engaged in the Egyptian campaigns . It attacked Our own troops with great severity , and on their return home , quickly spread to the civil population ...
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... period varying from three days to as many weeks . Its symptoms are as follows . The patient may com- plain of some lacrymation and photophobia and of a sensation which he likens to sand in the eye , although , as a rule , subjective ...
... period varying from three days to as many weeks . Its symptoms are as follows . The patient may com- plain of some lacrymation and photophobia and of a sensation which he likens to sand in the eye , although , as a rule , subjective ...
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... period varying from I to 20 days , the average being 89 days . Some amount of chemosis was noted thrice , and sub - conjunctival hemorrhages twice . In one case alone did any corneal damage supervene , and in that instance it is ...
... period varying from I to 20 days , the average being 89 days . Some amount of chemosis was noted thrice , and sub - conjunctival hemorrhages twice . In one case alone did any corneal damage supervene , and in that instance it is ...
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... period , they can be found in small numbers only , while after it , they become fewer and fewer , and dis- appear altogether as soon as the discharge has lost its yellowish hue . It has seemed to me that the number of bacilli present is ...
... period , they can be found in small numbers only , while after it , they become fewer and fewer , and dis- appear altogether as soon as the discharge has lost its yellowish hue . It has seemed to me that the number of bacilli present is ...
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... has to deal with acute trachoma . The duration of acute ophthalmia in individual cases varies within wide limits . Purulent and diphtheritic conjunctivitis retain more or less of their acute characters for a period that may DIAGNOSIS . 21.
... has to deal with acute trachoma . The duration of acute ophthalmia in individual cases varies within wide limits . Purulent and diphtheritic conjunctivitis retain more or less of their acute characters for a period that may DIAGNOSIS . 21.
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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.