Treatment of the diseases of the eye, by means of prussic acid vapour, and other medicinal agentsTurnbull, Alexander
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Treatment of the diseases of the eye, by means of prussic acid vapour, and other medicinal agents
Turnbull, Alexander
Eye -- Diseases; Hydrocyanic acid -- Therapeutic use
JOHN WRIGHT, a porter, aged 23, No. 10, Bear Yard, says that he has
been nearly blind in the right eye from small-pox, since he was two
years old. Five years since he was attacked with violent ophthalmia,
in consequence of exposure to cold. He then applied to one of our
Ophthalmic Institutions, where he remained as an out-patient for
eight months. For the first six months he had, thrice a week, caustic
applied to his left eye, after which black ointment for the remainder
of the time; but without receiving benefit. He then went to another
institution, where he remained an out-patient for seven months. The
treatment here consisted in dropping into the eye a liquid, and at
other times a powder was shaken into it, from which he derived no
benefit. He then consulted a private practitioner, who relieved him;
but, not satisfied with this, he went to another surgeon, who said
that the cause of his blindness was owing to a little squint, and he
submitted the eye to be operated upon for that purpose; but no good was
derived from this operation. None of the medical men attempted to do
anything to the right eye.
In September, when I first saw him, his left eye was very much
diminished in size, and the cornea studded with white spots; the vision
very imperfect, and constantly discharging water. The right eye was so
opaque that neither iris nor pupil was to be seen, and he could only
see the shadow of an object.
On the 23rd of January the left eye had got tolerably clear and free
from all specks, but still subject to water when exposed to the wind.
The right eye is now becoming transparent, and vision in it is
improving. He states that it will soon be the best eye.
CASE 2.
_Opacity of the Cornea from Inflammation._
ANN FITZGIBBONS, aged 13, daughter of Thos. Fitzgibbons, 11, Stratton
Mews, is a day scholar at the Blind School, Queen Square.
Her father states that in infancy she lost the left eye, owing to an
attack of inflammation. The right eye four years since became similarly
affected. She has been a patient at two Ophthalmic Institutions, where
she attended for several months without any benefit. She was brought to
me by her father on the 1st of October, 1842, who stated that for the
last four years she had been obliged to be led, and could only discern
the shadow and outline of objects, but could not distinguish them.
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