A peculiar case of herpes zoster ophthalmicus, serous iritis, or 'ophthalmo-neuritis' / by George M. Gould.

  • Gould, George Milbrey, 1848-1922.
Date:
1888
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Credit: A peculiar case of herpes zoster ophthalmicus, serous iritis, or 'ophthalmo-neuritis' / by George M. Gould. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ) literature of ophthalmic herpes zoster, with the design of more plainly bringing out the typical characteristics of the disease, of ren- dering the diagnosis more quickly recog- nizable, and the therapeutics more effective. In the meantime, from my case, I offer the following CONCLUSIONS. I. Ophthalmo-neuritis is an inflammation of the nerves of the ophthalmic branch of the fifth, with implication of its vaso- motor and trophic fibres, and possible ex- tension of the inflammation to the optic ner\^. 2. It may be caused by exposure to a cold draught of air, and is probably similar in essential nature to the lesion resulting in facial paralysis when the seventh nerve -is affected from the same cause. 4. The symptoms may be intense pain, lachrymation, photophobia, conjunctivitis; later, those of serous iritis, and, still later, those of plastic iritis and herpes zoster oph- thalmicus. 4. Pilocarpine may give relief from the long-continued pain and tension of the early stages of the affection. iig S. Seventeenth St., Phila.