The commoner diseases of the eye : how to detect and how to treat them . fthese procedures is desirable on account of thedepressing effects on most patients. As a ruleabstinence from all forms of near work, com-bined with an outdoor life, answers the demandsof the majority of cases. Protective glasses, goggles, eye-shades,dressings and bandages are used to guardagainst such outside influences (infective matter,wind, dust, strong artificial or natural lights,smoke) as are likely to irritate an inflamed orcongested eye, or one that has been injured oroperated on. The triangular bandage is the on
The commoner diseases of the eye : how to detect and how to treat them . fthese procedures is desirable on account of thedepressing effects on most patients. As a ruleabstinence from all forms of near work, com-bined with an outdoor life, answers the demandsof the majority of cases. Protective glasses, goggles, eye-shades,dressings and bandages are used to guardagainst such outside influences (infective matter,wind, dust, strong artificial or natural lights,smoke) as are likely to irritate an inflamed orcongested eye, or one that has been injured oroperated on. The triangular bandage is the one most fre-quently used by the authors. It consists of twolayers of sterilized gauze, between which is placeda layer of absorbent cotton. These are togethercut of the proper shape and size to cover theorbit, say, about two inches in diameter. It islaid smoothly upon the closed lids and held inplace by three strips, each one inch wide, of zinc i;i COMMONER DISEASES OF THE EYE oxid adhesive plaster. Number one is placedhorizontally over the supraorbital edge, the second. The Triangular Bandage. extends from the nasal extremity of number oneobliquely downward and outward along the side
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