The commoner diseases of the eye : how to detect and how to treat them . Undine. ample iritis, corneal ulcers, infective keratitisand cyclitis, several varieties of choroiditis andretinitis, and panophthalmitis. The conjunctivashould be anesthetized with holocain or cocain,the point of the sterile hypodermic needle in-serted near the margin of the cornea, well intothe subconjunctival tissue, and a few (3 to 10)drops of the solution injected. The pain is notsevere when mild salt, borax or boric acid solu- 166 COMMONER DISEASES OF THE EYE nuns an employed but it is quite sever* whenbichlorid, cy
The commoner diseases of the eye : how to detect and how to treat them . Undine. ample iritis, corneal ulcers, infective keratitisand cyclitis, several varieties of choroiditis andretinitis, and panophthalmitis. The conjunctivashould be anesthetized with holocain or cocain,the point of the sterile hypodermic needle in-serted near the margin of the cornea, well intothe subconjunctival tissue, and a few (3 to 10)drops of the solution injected. The pain is notsevere when mild salt, borax or boric acid solu- 166 COMMONER DISEASES OF THE EYE nuns an employed but it is quite sever* whenbichlorid, cyanid and strong (5^ to 20%) sodicchlorid preparations are employed. Irrigation of the conjunctival sac and the an-terior surface of the globe for tlir removal of. Irrigating Bottle. discharge and other accumulations, is accom-plished by means of weak solutions of any oneof the antiseptics commonly used in ocular thera-peutics, viz., bichlorid of mercury (1-10000Vboric acid, borate of soda (4%). formalin 1 :5000. or sterilized water. The lavage should be REMEDIES IN OPHTHALMIC PRACTICE 467 copious and it is most effective when the solutionis warm. Of the many appliances at our command oneof the most useful for the purposes of irrigationis the undine, although an ordinary fountainsyringe, or a rubber tube syphon, will serveevery purpose. Care should be taken that the
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