Epidemic ophthalmiaY.J. Pentland, 1896 - 278 pages |
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... signs are more marked . Thus , the pseudo - membrane is thick and ash - coloured . It covers the entire extent of the lids , and leaves a raw and bleeding surface when detached . The retro - tarsal folds and the rest of the palpebral ...
... signs are more marked . Thus , the pseudo - membrane is thick and ash - coloured . It covers the entire extent of the lids , and leaves a raw and bleeding surface when detached . The retro - tarsal folds and the rest of the palpebral ...
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... signs . It is a curious . fact , which I have often verified , that all subjective symptoms become worse as the day advances , and reach their culminating point in the small hours of the morning . The preauricular glands ( as pointed ...
... signs . It is a curious . fact , which I have often verified , that all subjective symptoms become worse as the day advances , and reach their culminating point in the small hours of the morning . The preauricular glands ( as pointed ...
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... signs will have disappeared , except , perhaps , a slight drooping of the upper lids , together with injection and thickening of the caruncles and semi - lunar folds . On everting the lids , however , the palpebral conjunctiva will be ...
... signs will have disappeared , except , perhaps , a slight drooping of the upper lids , together with injection and thickening of the caruncles and semi - lunar folds . On everting the lids , however , the palpebral conjunctiva will be ...
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... signs and symptoms , the complications , the duration , and the results of each individual case . It is of practical importance , however , to remember that diagnosis may be difficult , perhaps impossible , until the characteristic signs ...
... signs and symptoms , the complications , the duration , and the results of each individual case . It is of practical importance , however , to remember that diagnosis may be difficult , perhaps impossible , until the characteristic signs ...
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... signs and symptoms , in each case a diagnosis must be based upon information derived from three sources , namely ( 1 ) the condition of the eye and of its appendages ; ( 2 ) the char- acter of the discharge ; ( 3 ) the nature of the ...
... signs and symptoms , in each case a diagnosis must be based upon information derived from three sources , namely ( 1 ) the condition of the eye and of its appendages ; ( 2 ) the char- acter of the discharge ; ( 3 ) the nature of 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.