A treatise on the principal diseases of the eyes : including diseases of the eyelids, conjunctiva, cornea, sclerotica, crystalline lens, choroid, retina, and optic nerve : based on Theodore J. Rueckert's "Clinical experience in homoeopathy" / by John C. Peters.

  • Peters, John C. (John Charles), 1819-1893.
Date:
1856
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Credit: A treatise on the principal diseases of the eyes : including diseases of the eyelids, conjunctiva, cornea, sclerotica, crystalline lens, choroid, retina, and optic nerve : based on Theodore J. Rueckert's "Clinical experience in homoeopathy" / by John C. Peters. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of the lid, commonly of the lower, traversed by varicose ves- sels, and ending in ulceration. It is most common in old people. Treatment.—Thuya, Baryta muriat., Iod. pot, loci, hydrarg., and other remedies, deserve attention. INFLAMMATIONS OF THE INTERNAL SURFACE OF THE EYELIDS. A. Simple Inflammation. (CONJUNCTIVITIS PALPEBRARUM.) This differs from the catarrhal, or muco-purulent variety, principally by the lesser quantity of mucus, or muco-pus which is secreted; by the minor degree of swelling of the lids, and by the smaller size and more vivid color of the blood-vessels which form the inflammatory redness of the affected part. According to Tyrrel, it commences with a slight degree of pricking pain, a feeling of heat and stiffness in the lids, either with a sense of dryness of the surface, from the want of mois- ture, or with a scalding sensation, from an increase of acrid tears which flow over the lower eyelid to the cheek. Fre- quently, there is a feeling as if some foreign substance were lodged upon the inner and under surface of one or the other lids. Great intolerance of light is not often present, although exposure to bright light augments the suffering. Unless the attack be speedily relieved, pain of a sharp and severe character is apt to set in, and it, as well as the sense of heat about the eye, is aggravated by lying down. The blood-vessels of the white of the eye, (conjunctiva of the eyeball,) are remarkable for pursuing a slightly tortuous course from the circumference of the orbit towards the margin of the cornea. The largest vessels may be seen passing from near the attachments of the recti muscles, and gradually diminishing in size as they proceed towards the cornea, but at the same time sending off numerous minute branches, which freely con- nect with others from neighboring vessels; so that a beautiful web-like aspect results. These crooked and tortuous blood-ves- sels are also remarkable for the ease with which they may be