Manual of ophthalmology . syphilis(gummatous scleritis). Treatment.—Elimination of the cause, atropin drops if the iris ishyperemia or inflamed., hot compresses, dionin (2-5 per cent), andinternally, after a brisk purge, full doses of aspirin or salicylate ofsodium. Naturally in specific cases the usual remedies are indicated;if a tuberculous origin is demonstrated, injections of tuberculin maybe tried. CHAPTER OF THE IRIS AND CILIARY BODY. Inflammation of the iris (iritis), or of the iris and ciliary body(iridocyclitis), for they are usually united in their diseases, may bedescrib
Manual of ophthalmology . syphilis(gummatous scleritis). Treatment.—Elimination of the cause, atropin drops if the iris ishyperemia or inflamed., hot compresses, dionin (2-5 per cent), andinternally, after a brisk purge, full doses of aspirin or salicylate ofsodium. Naturally in specific cases the usual remedies are indicated;if a tuberculous origin is demonstrated, injections of tuberculin maybe tried. CHAPTER OF THE IRIS AND CILIARY BODY. Inflammation of the iris (iritis), or of the iris and ciliary body(iridocyclitis), for they are usually united in their diseases, may bedescribed under one heading. Symptoms.—The following symptoms are common to most cases ofiritis and iridocyclitis: (1) Change in the color of the iris; (2) peri-corneal injection, in the form of a fine, pink zone surrounding thecornea about one-fourth of an inch (6 mm.) in diameter, known asciliary congestion, and almost exactly overlying the position of theciliary muscle; (3) disturbance of the normal contour and reactions. Fig. 14.—Various forms of posterior synechiee: A, Single attachment; B,multiple attachment forming the so-called ace-of-clubs pupil; C,irregular annular attachments. of the pupil, which, at first contracted, later becomes irregular, due tothe attachment of tonguelike projections from the pupil margin tothe lens capsule, these being the so-called posterior synechias, andthere may be only one, or several, or a complete annular attachment,and they are best studied by means of oblique illumination, and areespecially evident after the use of a mydriatic; (4) irregularities inthe iris surface, due to deposits of fibrin or the formation of nodules;(5) haziness of the cornea and, in some cases, deposits of dotlike char-acter, often accumulated in a triangular manner on the posterior sur-face of the cornea (descemetitis, keratitis punctata), especially if theciliary body and choroid are involved (uveitis) ; (6) changes in thecharacter of the anterior chamber, slight
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