Download or read book New Orleans Medical News and Hospital Gazette, 1858, Vol. 4 written by D. Warren Brickwell and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-20 with total page 810 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from New Orleans Medical News and Hospital Gazette, 1858, Vol. 4: A Monthly Journal The symptoms of congestion were so marked in this patient, that I was almost inclined to suspect the existence of a beginning iritis with mom gation of congestion to the adjoining membranes, but the absence of lachrymation, and with the exception mentioned of all discoloration of the iris, the want of the characteristic dull pain, and the length of time the disease had existed without producing any of the usual visible signs of iritis, forbade the entertainment of this idea, and I was almost forced to the conclusion that I had to do with a case of congestive amblyopia' car ried to a high degree. The plan of treatment to be pursued was evident - I had to do with a case of chronic congestion - and an antiphlogistic course was indicated. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.