A treatise on some practical points relating to the diseases of the eye / by the late John Cunningham Saunders; to which is added, a short account of the author's life, and his method of curing the congenital cataract, by his friend and colleague, J. R. Farre. The whole illustrated by colour engravings.

  • Saunders, John Cunningham, 1773-1810.
Date:
1811
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Credit: A treatise on some practical points relating to the diseases of the eye / by the late John Cunningham Saunders; to which is added, a short account of the author's life, and his method of curing the congenital cataract, by his friend and colleague, J. R. Farre. The whole illustrated by colour engravings. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    10^ Protrusion of the Iris.—This alarm- ing event, so threatening to the utility and beauty of the organ of vision, is a frequent result of sloughs and ulcers of the cor- nea. If the anterior chamber be opened simply by the ulcerative process, the efforts of nature may succeed in repairing the in- jury. Medical aid will only be required to regulate the effusion of lymph, which is necessary for the restoration of the part, by correcting its defect or excess. But it is the sloughing process which chiefly proves destructive, and most speedily ef- fects a breach in the cornea, of which the inevitable consequence is a protrusion of the iris. The intention in the mode of treatment is to arrest the sloughing process, and to excite the adhesive, by which the pro- truding iris will be united to the breach in the cornea, and its further prolapse will be prevented. With respect to the internal treatment, the remarks on sloughing ulcers have been anticipated by the previous consideration of the termination by slough.