The commoner diseases of the eye : how to detect and how to treat them . d liver oil, shouldbe systematically carried out for the purpose ofhastening absorption of the opacity. The patients general health always requiresattention. The alimentary canal should be regu-lated with small doses of calomel, gr. i-io to1-4, given frequently until the bowels are actedupon. This should be followed by tonics in theform of tincture of iron, syrup of the iodid ofiron, cod liver oil, etc. Even the purely syphi-litic cases are not helped by the so-called anti-syphilitic remedies as much as by the agentsjust
The commoner diseases of the eye : how to detect and how to treat them . d liver oil, shouldbe systematically carried out for the purpose ofhastening absorption of the opacity. The patients general health always requiresattention. The alimentary canal should be regu-lated with small doses of calomel, gr. i-io to1-4, given frequently until the bowels are actedupon. This should be followed by tonics in theform of tincture of iron, syrup of the iodid ofiron, cod liver oil, etc. Even the purely syphi-litic cases are not helped by the so-called anti-syphilitic remedies as much as by the agentsjust mentioned. The patient should be given a nutritious diet,with plenty of milk and eggs, avoiding pastry,sweets and too much meat. The efficacy of out- 224 COMMONER DISEASES OF THE EYE door exercise in the fresh air should be insistedupon. Punctate Keratitis is a condition which oc-curs in inflammatory states of the uveal tract(iris, ciliary body and choroid) and consists ofdeposits of fine dots of lymph, mainly from theciliary body, on the posterior surface of the cor-. Punctate It is merely one symptom of a deep seateddisease and has nothing to do with an inflamedcornea. The dots are usually arranged in theform of a triangle with its apex pointing to-ward the center of the pupil. Sometimes thewhole of the posterior corneal surface is so cov-ered. Superficial Punctate Keratitis is a muchless serious affection. It occurs in the form ofsmall grayish dots, or elevations, scattered ir-regularly towards the central portion of ami inthe superficial layers of the cornea. The con- COMMONER DISEASES OF THE CORNEA 225 dition is usually preceded for a few days by andis associated with an acute catarrhal conjuncti-vitis. The eye shows signs of irritation, but notof pronounced character, which disappear in afew days. Treatment.—Rest, atropia and hot applica-tions. Opacities of the Cornea have already beenreferred to as a frequent result of disease, usuallyulcer, of that memb
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