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. 1896 Excerpt: ...in 1858, recommended its use in obstinate cases of trachoma. The acid, mixed with an equal quantity of distilled water, was applied to the everted conjunctiva by means of a small martin's hair brush. Two to fourteen cauterisations, spread over one to four months, were necessary to complete the cure. In 1866, Serres15s ...
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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. 1896 Excerpt: ...in 1858, recommended its use in obstinate cases of trachoma. The acid, mixed with an equal quantity of distilled water, was applied to the everted conjunctiva by means of a small martin's hair brush. Two to fourteen cauterisations, spread over one to four months, were necessary to complete the cure. In 1866, Serres15s recommended a modified plan, namely, to liquefy the acid by exposing it to air, and then to apply it to the granulations of the upper lid. Richet used the acid in 1868, but was compelled to abandon it on account of the depth of the resulting scars. In 1886, Darier150 proposed alternate applications of chromic acid and of sulphate of copper, in cases where the latter alone produced no good result. His underlying idea was that the acid destroyed the superficial tissues, and thus allowed the antiseptic virtues of the copper salt to come into play. Desormais,100 in the same year, recommended a similar plan, except that he substituted the glycerole of copper for the solid sulphate. Quinine, as a local application, has not been without its advocates. Thus Bader161 reported eight cases in which that agent had done good. A small quantity of the bisulphate was deposited by means of a dry camel hair brush on the inner surface of each lower lid, and the applications were repeated night and morning. Ruvioli, lti2 also, employed quinine in a similar way for the cure of pannus. Indeed, the number of escharotic and other agents that have been tried in trachoma is well nigh innumerable. The acid nitrate of mercury, the chlorides of zinc and of gold, nascent iodide of silver, liquor potassae, bichloride of mercury, boroglyceride, tincture of iodine, pyoktanin, copaiba, hydrastin, creolin, alum and sulphate of zinc crayons, phosphoric and carbolic acids, ipecacu...
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