The practice of surgery . ordinary treatment—scarification, or leeching,fomentation, and sorbefacients. A chronic swelling, of the nature of hyper-trophy or simple tumor, may occur; less amena-ble to discussion, and often resistful of it. Itslowly increases; producing deformity by itsprominence and bulk ; displacing and obstruct-ing the puncta and lachrymal canals, whence Eneanthi*.troublesome lachrymation results; preventing due closure of the eyelids; and favoring the occurrence of discutients fail, under such circumstances, excision is to be practised;care being taken to leave


The practice of surgery . ordinary treatment—scarification, or leeching,fomentation, and sorbefacients. A chronic swelling, of the nature of hyper-trophy or simple tumor, may occur; less amena-ble to discussion, and often resistful of it. Itslowly increases; producing deformity by itsprominence and bulk ; displacing and obstruct-ing the puncta and lachrymal canals, whence Eneanthi*.troublesome lachrymation results; preventing due closure of the eyelids; and favoring the occurrence of discutients fail, under such circumstances, excision is to be practised;care being taken to leave the puncta canaliculi, and lachrymal sac un-injured. Sometimes the caruncle is the seat of tumor of a malignant, or atleast suspicious character. In such a case, discussion is hopeless ; andpalliatives of any kind are not employed, if excision be practicable. Byearly as well as free removal only, can immunity from return be hopedfor. It is very rarely, however, that excision of this texture, on anyaccount, is 112 SIMPLE CONJUNCTIVITIS. IV. Affections of the Eyeball. Ophthalmia. Fig. 29.


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