The commoner diseases of the eye : how to detect and how to treat them . Irrigating Bottle. irrigator should be filled with an antiseptic solu-tion warmed to about 104° F.: Acid, boric gr. 40 Sod. bicarb gr. 40 Sol. hydrarg bichlor () .oz. 4The lids should be everted and the upper andlower cul-de-sacs thoroughly irrigated with thesolution, stopping from time to time to wipe COMMONER DISEASES OF THE CONJUNCTIVA 157 away with pledgets of sterilized cotton any dis-charge adherent to the conjunctiva. This shouldbe repeated every hour or two according to theseverity of the case. Care should
The commoner diseases of the eye : how to detect and how to treat them . Irrigating Bottle. irrigator should be filled with an antiseptic solu-tion warmed to about 104° F.: Acid, boric gr. 40 Sod. bicarb gr. 40 Sol. hydrarg bichlor () .oz. 4The lids should be everted and the upper andlower cul-de-sacs thoroughly irrigated with thesolution, stopping from time to time to wipe COMMONER DISEASES OF THE CONJUNCTIVA 157 away with pledgets of sterilized cotton any dis-charge adherent to the conjunctiva. This shouldbe repeated every hour or two according to theseverity of the case. Care should be taken whenirrigating that the nozzle of the irrigator docsnot touch the cornea, or that the stream does notdirectly irrigate the corneal surface, on accountof the danger of detaching a portion of the cor-neal epithelium, thus inviting infection of the. Undine. cornea, the formation of an ulcer and the loss ofthe eye. The application of agents directly to the eye,such as the use of pledgets of cotton in cleansing,is so often attended by danger from slighttraumatisms and subsequent infection that thepractitioner should be the only one to evert thelids, make applications to them, or to use instru-ments of any kind about the inflamed eye. If heis not expert in these matters, it will be wiser 158 COM V\ |.K DISE VSES 01 I HE EYE for him not to attempt direct medication at all,as he may do the child more harm than the ap-plications will (In good. This rule also holds g 1 in the treatment of purulent ophthalmia in the adult. If a fountain syringe is used it should be ele-vated not more than three inches above the levell the childs face (placed in a recumbent posi-tion), the nozzle of the irrigator being held abouthalf an inch from the eye. In this way the upperand low^er cul-de-sacs are gently washed outwithout danger of injury from too po
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