Metastatic Gonorrhœal Ophthalmia
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^He ordinary form, or possibly one ought rather to say, the )Vell-recognised form, of gonorrhoeal ophthalmia or conjunctivitis ls the result of direct infection of the conjunctiva with pus from the urethra, and has the following marked characteristics. It ls at the onset unilateral, though after a time the second eye is Very apt to be infected from the first; the inflammation is violent; there is an immense and tight swelling of the eyelids, Specially of the upper ; there is abundant discharge, watery, t^n, and serous for a day or two, but becoming rapidly more Purulent and more copious, till at last large quantities of pure Pus are poured out and run over the cheek ; this pus contains Myriads of gonococci; there is chemosis to an extent so great ^at the cornea may actually be partly buried below swollen Cor>junctiva, unless, indeed, the eyelids compress the globe so tightly from their own distension as to prevent this oedema ?ccurring; ulceration and destruction of large areas of the c?rnea are frequent. These, however, are distinctly not the features of that Particular form of conjunctivitis to which I now wish to draw
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