A treatise on the diseases of the eye . Mr. Middlemores opinion respecting the advantage derivable from sur-gical treatment in leucoma is more favorable than that which I have ex-pressed. In many cases where dense opacity and leucoma of the corneahave been under treatment for many months, I have effected very greatbenefit by applying the strong nitrate of silver ointment every day, or evenother day: indeed,,without the slightest exaggeration, I may state that inthose cases in which the application of this ointment can be borne, I haveeffected as much benefit by a single application of it, as t
A treatise on the diseases of the eye . Mr. Middlemores opinion respecting the advantage derivable from sur-gical treatment in leucoma is more favorable than that which I have ex-pressed. In many cases where dense opacity and leucoma of the corneahave been under treatment for many months, I have effected very greatbenefit by applying the strong nitrate of silver ointment every day, or evenother day: indeed,,without the slightest exaggeration, I may state that inthose cases in which the application of this ointment can be borne, I haveeffected as much benefit by a single application of it, as the use of thecommon stimulating drops has produced in several weeks. Mr. M. com-bines with this application the administration of mercury so as to maintain 356 OPACITY OF THE CORNEA. slight ptyalism, occasional leeching, counter-irritation behind the ears or atthe back of the neck, or by means of an issue in the temple.* Another mode in which the transparency of the cornea may be impaired,is by the effusion of blood between its layers,
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