In =sunstroke=, place the patient in a recumbent position and loosen
all constricted clothing, and stimulate the heart’s action. The high
fever is to be met promptly. Place the patient in a bath of water,
to which add ice freely. The patient may also be rubbed with ice,
and ice water enemata may be employed. The muscles of the neck will
be found contracted, probably due to cerebral hyperemia. A thorough
relaxation of these muscles will be of great aid in equalizing the
vascular system. It is a good plan to thoroughly relax all the muscles
along the spinal column for the same purpose. When the temperature
nears normal the baths should be stopped. After the temperature has
been reduced place the patient upon a cot with ice to the head. The
cervical treatment should be repeated as often as necessary. The diet
of the patient should be liquid for a few days. Plenty of water and
stimulation of the kidneys and bowels will be found beneficial. The
sequelæ are to be treated according to the condition. Much can be done
for the sequelæ of heat exhaustion and sunstroke. Lesions will be found
corresponding to the regions involved. Deep contracted muscles are
common.
DEPARTMENT OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
By C. C. REID
It is the desire to make this discussion on the eye the most useful
possible to the whole profession. Let it be plainly understood that
there is no effort to cover every phase of eye pathology but to
elaborate eye diseases and therapeutics strictly from the standpoint
of osteopathy. There are many very elaborate and extensive text books
and even encyclopediæ written on the eye by the medical profession.
The world of ophthalmic literature is extensive and profound. Just so
are the elaborations on the general field of medicine. Such things as
hereditary influences, congenital deformities, amblyopias, albinism,
coloboma and the field of ophthalmic surgery does not concern us at
the present time in an osteopathic text book. This department is
dedicated to a scientific development of ophthalmic therapeutics along
osteopathic lines of thought. Some things in the therapeutics of the
eye concern all schools alike. For instance, proper cleanliness and
antiseptic precautions in regard to the eye, dietetics, hygiene and
the care of the general health. The same anatomy and many of the same
methods of examination and diagnosis obtain in all schools. It is
the intention to go into the opthhalmic therapeutic field in these
discussions where osteopathy has a different outlook with a definite
distinct reform to offer in the viewpoint of the anatomy, methods of
diagnosis and the system of treatment.
How to Examine an Eye
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