The radical treatment of lacrimonasal disease by rapid dilatation and allied measures / S. Lewis Ziegler.

  • Ziegler, S. Lewis (Samuel Lewis), 1861-1926.
Date:
1910
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Credit: The radical treatment of lacrimonasal disease by rapid dilatation and allied measures / S. Lewis Ziegler. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    used in a cold or congealed state, and forced directly into the duct by means of the cold paraffin syringe. I usu- ally employ the latter method. By the substitution of gelatin for petrolatum in the above compound it may be poured into moulds and hardened to form “lacrimal bougies.” I have been using these gelatin bougies of formalin-bismuth and also those made with argyrol, but I have not tested them for a Fig. 3.—Ziegler’s glass lacrimal syringe with special cannulas. sufficient length of time to make a definite report on the results. I am convinced, however, that they will prove valuable. I have observed that the slower they dissolve the greater is their efficiency. The incision of Bowman is indicated when suppura- tion is already established. This should be supple- mented, however, by rapid dilatation. In performing Bowman’s operation I prefer to use an instrument com-