Conjunctivitis
Conjunctivitis is the medical name for pink eye. It involves inflammation of the outer layer of the eye and inside of the eyelid. It can cause swelling, itching, burning, discharge, and redness. Causes include:
- Bacterial or viral infection
- Allergies
- Substances that cause irritation
- Contact lens products, eye drops, or eye ointments
Pink eye usually does not affect vision. Infectious pink eye can easily spread from one person to another. The infection will clear in most cases without medical care, but bacterial pink eye needs treatment with antibiotic eye drops or ointment.
NIH: National Eye Institute
WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only. Many of these treatments are now known to be harmful and possibly fatal. Do not consume any plant, chemical, drug or otherwise without first consulting a licensed physician that practices medine in the appropriate field.
Physician's Therapeutics Memoranda on Conjunctivitis
BLEPHARITIS
Remove crusts by careful use of a solution of sodium borate (8 grs. to fl. oz.), then apply Iodosyl ointment (6 per cent.) or a dilute oint ment of yellow oxide of mercury (1 gr. to drm.) or an ointment con taining in each drachm 2 grs. of precipitated sulphur and 1.5 grs. of resorcin. For accompanying conjunctivitis, eye drops containing boric acid or sodium borate. Correct refractive errors if present.1
Remove crusts by careful use of a solution of sodium borate (8 grs. to fl. oz.), then apply Iodosyl ointment (6 per cent.) or a dilute oint ment of yellow oxide of mercury (1 gr. to drm.) or an ointment con taining in each drachm 2 grs. of precipitated sulphur and 1.5 grs. of resorcin. For accompanying conjunctivitis, eye drops containing boric acid or sodium borate. Correct refractive errors if present.1
CONJUNCTIVITIS
In simple acute Conjunctivitis, boric acid, 10 grs. to the oz.’ in camphor water, or sodium borate of similar strength; silver nit rate, 2 to 5 firs. to the oz.; in more severe cases a stronger solution of silver nitrate (10 grs. to the oz.) or mercuric chloride, 1;10.000; zinc sulph ate, 1 to 2 grs. to the oz. In chronic conjunctivitis, solution of tannin H in glycerin and camphor water, 10 grs. to the oz., boric acid, copper sulphate, lapis divinus in dilute solution; touching with alum crystal; applications several times a day of hot water containing a little salt. Purulent Conjunctivitis calls for frequent cleansing and appli cation of active germicides (boric acid in saturated solution, mercuric chloride 1l8000, formaldehyd, 13000) with leeches to temples for in flammation; silver nitrate, 15 grs. to fl. oz.; Iodosyl in powder; instilla tions of atropine solution with use of Iodosyl if ulcerations of cornea occur.1
In simple acute Conjunctivitis, boric acid, 10 grs. to the oz.’ in camphor water, or sodium borate of similar strength; silver nit rate, 2 to 5 firs. to the oz.; in more severe cases a stronger solution of silver nitrate (10 grs. to the oz.) or mercuric chloride, 1;10.000; zinc sulph ate, 1 to 2 grs. to the oz. In chronic conjunctivitis, solution of tannin H in glycerin and camphor water, 10 grs. to the oz., boric acid, copper sulphate, lapis divinus in dilute solution; touching with alum crystal; applications several times a day of hot water containing a little salt. Purulent Conjunctivitis calls for frequent cleansing and appli cation of active germicides (boric acid in saturated solution, mercuric chloride 1l8000, formaldehyd, 13000) with leeches to temples for in flammation; silver nitrate, 15 grs. to fl. oz.; Iodosyl in powder; instilla tions of atropine solution with use of Iodosyl if ulcerations of cornea occur.1
References
1) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.