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
On examining the left eye, I found it shut, and all the humours lost.
The right eye was much diminished in size, and the cornea was very
opaque, excepting at the upper part, where a small portion of light was
admitted. The bottle containing the acid was held to the left eye as
well as to the right, to ascertain what effect would be produced. To
my surprise, in the period of a month the chambers of the eye became
partially filled with aqueous humours, to the extent of at least half
the size of a healthy eye; the pupil was small, but the patient could
not see in the slightest degree. The right eye has become almost
transparent, and she can now see with it sufficiently well to be able
to go anywhere. Indeed, her sight has become almost perfect. The change
is so great that many are disposed to question the identity of the
girl, and the father is frequently asked whether the girl is really his
own daughter, whose eyes were so disorganized.
CASE 3.
_Inflammation, ending in Opacity of the Cornea in the right eye and
Staphyloma in the left._
WILLIAM GRINDLEY, aged 37, boot-maker, formerly of 16, Whitecomb
Street, Pall Mall, East, now of St. James's Workhouse, states that he
was attacked with acute inflammation in both eyes in 1839. He at first
had the advice of private practitioners, and subsequently went to two
different Ophthalmic Hospitals. He remained in one eleven months, in
the other fifteen. It appears from his own account that his sufferings
were very great, for he asserts his eyes and eye-lids were swollen very
much. The treatment consisted in bleeding, cupping on the temples,
lancing frequently the eye and eye-lids; caustic was applied to the
eyes, and seatons to the nape of the neck; leeches. The patient had two
caustic issues in the temples; he was salivated, and had administered
to him various potent drugs.
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