. Diseases of infancy and childhood . tractionof this new scar tissue leads to eversion of the lids with resulting epiphora,or overflow of tears, presenting a disagreeable, raw-looking surface. Treatment.—Generally speaking, the treatment consists of removinithe crusts or scabs by any warm alkaline lotion, sucli as bicarl)onate of soda,or biborate of soda, 10 to 20 grains; aquae, 1 ounce. Massage of the lidswith red or yellow oxide or white precipitate, 2 to 8 grains; vaseline, 1 ounce,should follow. A mild ointment shouldbe used—a strong one in-creases the irritation. All re-fractive errors n
. Diseases of infancy and childhood . tractionof this new scar tissue leads to eversion of the lids with resulting epiphora,or overflow of tears, presenting a disagreeable, raw-looking surface. Treatment.—Generally speaking, the treatment consists of removinithe crusts or scabs by any warm alkaline lotion, sucli as bicarl)onate of soda,or biborate of soda, 10 to 20 grains; aquae, 1 ounce. Massage of the lidswith red or yellow oxide or white precipitate, 2 to 8 grains; vaseline, 1 ounce,should follow. A mild ointment shouldbe used—a strong one in-creases the irritation. All re-fractive errors nmst be cor-rected. Epilation of thelashes sometimes promotes acure when commenced in theearly stages of the general condition of thepatient must be looked after,and iron, arsenic, codliver-oil, or similar tonics and hy-gienic treatment as indicatedshould be prescribed. Hordeolum, or Stye. This disease is character-ized by an inflammation ofthe connective tissue about ahair follicle along the lidmargin. A hard, circum-. Fig. 286 •]\[etliod of Everting Eyelid.(After Davis and Douglass.) scribed, inflammatory nodule forms, which may suppurate. Occasionally, itremains as a hard lump, and still in other cases the lid becomes swollen andoedematous. A close examination, however, will show the inflamuiatory spot,which as soon as it appears yellowish should be incised and the pus evacu-ated. Treatment.—The general treatment consists in hot applications tofavor resolution. To prevent successive crops, the massaging of the lidswith anointment of hydrarg. ox. flav., V^ to 2 grains: vaseline. *2 drachms,has an excellent eflect. The infection from the ])us may be ]M-evented bythe use of argyrol in a 5 per cent, soluiion, one drop two or three tinu^sdaily. ^26 DISEASES OF THE EYE. These successive styes show some disease of the lid margin, as blepha-ritis, some derangement of the general system, or eye-strain, especially inhypermetropia. Phlyctexulap Coxjuxctivitis. This a
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