This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...and direct the nurse to clean the eye every two hours with a solution of hot boric acid. If the cornea is not improving and the projecting limiting membrane is not receding by the second day, I shall draw off the aqueous as in case represented by Fig. 93. (Ten days later) The condition of the ulcer not improving and ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...and direct the nurse to clean the eye every two hours with a solution of hot boric acid. If the cornea is not improving and the projecting limiting membrane is not receding by the second day, I shall draw off the aqueous as in case represented by Fig. 93. (Ten days later) The condition of the ulcer not improving and the conjunctiva less septic, I feel justified in making the paracentesis. This done I shall with no little misgiving trust for betterment, for there is danger of general infection. The eighth day the cornea is almost closed over with an extensive Fig. 94. Corneal ulcer, serpiginous. scar covering the site of the ulcer. I shall remove the sac. In this case I have found the salt solution most soothing. Mr. L., a street-car driver, forty years of age, comes to our clinic giving the following history: Just before retiring about sixty hours ago, he felt a sharp, stinging pain in the right eye. The pain continued during the night and he applied a poultice of hot flaxseed meal. The next day and night he suffered only little pain, but he comes this morning complaining of increased distress and almost total blindness. The epithelial layer of the cornea is unbroken, but there is a conical projection of the center of the cornea. The entire cornea is a dull yellow, the peri.cornea is deeply engorged, and the tension of the eye above normal. (Plate XVIII, I would to-day use protonuclein in such a case. Fig. 2.) The cornea is not very sensitive to touch and it seems to be slightly fluctuating. He has been having a series of boils on the neck and shoulders. Treatment: I shall make a small incision through the external layer of the cornea and allow the contents of the abscess to discharge, then use bichloride--jT--freely, and apply a dressing of boric acid solu...
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