Attempt to investigate the cause of the Egyptian ophthalmia, with observations on its nature and different modes of cure / By George Power.

  • Power, George.
Date:
1803
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Credit: Attempt to investigate the cause of the Egyptian ophthalmia, with observations on its nature and different modes of cure / By George Power. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    itlperf^uous,, verbage, have often cc dazzled u and deftroyed.” * As the fands of Egypt are very generally con¬ ceived to be the exciting caufe of Ophthalmia, I fliall in the lirft place obferve, that although particles of fand when blown into the eyes by the wind, might induce a fpecies of Ophthalmy by irritating the coats of that delicate organ; and even admitting that this fand by ftrongly reflect¬ ing the vivid rays of the fun may induce a de¬ gree of debility,f and render the eye highly fufceptible of difeafe; yet that I am far from fuppofmg this fand to be the efficient caufe of the Egyptian Ophthalmia. Firft, becaufe the Bedouin Arabs who inhabit the Defert are exempt from it: to which may be added, that General Baird’s army on their arrival * Vide Do&or Whyte’s pamphlet on Ocular In¬ flammation. + This I fuppofe to be the nervous irritability of citi¬ zen Bruant.