British and Foreign Medico-Chirurgical Review Volume 31 (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Review V. Llirluch der AugerJieilkunde. Von Dr. Josef Pilz, K.K.A.O. Professor der Augenheilkunde an der Prager Universitt uud Kniglich Bhmisch-stndischem Augenarzte. Mit 267 schwurtzen uud 137 colirirten Abbildungen.?Prag, 1859. A Manual of Ophtfialm?loyy. By Dr. Joseph Pilz, Professor of Ophthalmology in the University of Prague, and Koyal Oculist for the State of Bohemia, With 2C7 Uncoloured and 137 Coloured Figures.?Prague, 1859. 8vo, pp. 1024. This work is divided into three parts: the first, introductory; the second, pathological and therapeutic; the third, devoted to the operative surgery of the eye. The First Part is divided into two sections. The first, treating of the anatomy and physiology of the human eye, contains five chapters, embracing: 1. The descriptive anatomy and histology. 2. The physiology of vision. 3. The haemostatic relations of the eyeball. 4. The physiology of the eyelids and lachrymal apparatus. 5. The development of the human eye. The second section treats of the examination of the diseased eye. The contents of the Second Part are arranged under nine heads. The first head is devoted to inflammatory disorders of nutrition, and embraces four sections. The first section treats of inflammations of the eyeball, and in seven chapters discusses inflammations of the conjunctiva, sclerotica, cornea, choro'id, retina, crystalline capsule, and vitreous body. The second treats of inflammations of the orbital adipose tissue and bones of the orbit. The third, of inflammations of the eyelids. The/ourtA, of inflammations of the lachrymal gland and excreting lachrymal organs. The second head is devoted to non-inflammatory disorders of nutrition, and contains four sections. The first section treats of the noninflammatory disorders of nutrition...