Causes of blindness in India : treatment and cure, &c / by G.C. Hall.

  • Hall, Geoffry C.
Date:
1881
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Credit: Causes of blindness in India : treatment and cure, &c / by G.C. Hall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    same rule for treatment of old onyx as for leu- comata. Try mercury. Never despair until you have tried treatment for at least a month, if there is any perception of light pointing to sen- sitive retina. In cases of opacity of the cornea from granular lids the cause of the condition must be treated. This disease will be noticed hereafter. I only mention it here, to call attention to the fact of its being a very common cause of opacity, and if allowed to continue the opacity becomes vas- cular and almost incurable. In some few cases of vascular cornea I have tried cutting out a piece of the conjunctiva in which the largest vessels tvere situated, so as to obliterate them with good effect. The operation is verj' simple : nip up the conjunctiva close to the edge of the cornea, including the vessel, and snip it across with a fine pair of scissors, taking away the piece ; the wound bleeds a little and after a few days the vessel has disappeared. The most important thing in all cases of opacity of the cornea which you may come across is to ascertain the cause : don’t jump at conclusions until you have