The commoner diseases of the eye : how to detect and how to treat them . ision is often impaired toa greater or less degree. Treatment.—The sound eye should be at onceprotected by means of a Ihillers shield. Icedapplications should be applied almost continu-ously in the manner described in the treatmentof ophthalmia neonatorum. The conjunctival COMMONER DISEASES OF THE CONJUNCTIVA 166 sac should be carefully irrigated every half hourwith a saturated solution of boracic acid, per-manganate of potassium 1-500, bichlorid of mer-cury, 1-10,000 or sol. formalin 1-5,000. Theirrigant should be allowe
The commoner diseases of the eye : how to detect and how to treat them . ision is often impaired toa greater or less degree. Treatment.—The sound eye should be at onceprotected by means of a Ihillers shield. Icedapplications should be applied almost continu-ously in the manner described in the treatmentof ophthalmia neonatorum. The conjunctival COMMONER DISEASES OF THE CONJUNCTIVA 166 sac should be carefully irrigated every half hourwith a saturated solution of boracic acid, per-manganate of potassium 1-500, bichlorid of mer-cury, 1-10,000 or sol. formalin 1-5,000. Theirrigant should be allowed to run well up intothe conjunctival sac and all discharge washedaway. As soon as the lids become less swollenand less tense and the secretion more profuseand purulent, local applications of nitrate of sil-ver, 2 per cent, should be made once a day. Be-fore the use of the silver salt, all discharge mustbe removed and the conjunctival surface wipeddry with absorbent cotton. Protargol or argyrol, 20 to 40%, may be usedin place of the silver nitrate, with equally good. Hollow Lid Retractor for Washing Out the Conjunc-tival Sac. results. If the cornea becomes affected, hotshould replace cold applications, while a 1per cent solution of atropia sulphate should beinstilled into the eye two or three times a day,or sufficiently often to dilate the pupil. » COMMONER DISEASES OF THE EYE Hydrogen peroxid may also be used with ad-vantage as a pus destroyer and cleanser. Wherethere is excessive edema of the conjunctiva scar-ification may be resorted to. Freely dividing theouter canthus will be of benefit in relieving thepressure on the cornea of the tense, swollen lids. Numerous instruments have been devised forthe purpose of irrigation and as a means of in-jecting solutions into the upper conjunc-tival sac, but unless used with great care theymay injure the cornea and set tip these is the hollow lid retractor, whichhas openings in the blade through which thesolution e
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