First Stage - Before pus begins to appear, when the discharge is watery, mixed with serum and undissolved epithelium use the following:

5532

℞ Sodii chloridi..........3 ij

Aquae destillatae.........oij

Hydrargyri bichloridi ............ gr. j

M. S. Use as a wash for the eye every half hour.

Second Stage - Lids swollen, cedema of the ocular conjunctiva, discharge becoming purulent; use the wash every twenty minutes, following each application with the following: 5533.

℞ Pulveris acidi borici....... 3 ss

Petrolati............ ℥ ss

Cocainae muriatis........gr. x

M. Make into an ointment. S. To be applied to the edges of the eye-lids, after each cleansing. This prevents agglutination from inspissated matter in the lash.

Third Stage - Active discharge of pus, no bloody serum being present; same wash as above in the manner directed for the second stage, and the following: 5534.

℞ Ammonii chloridi........3 j

Aquae destillatae......... ℥ j

M. S. Drop into the eye after cleansing, every four hours. - Dudley Reynolds, M. D.

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℞ Acidi carbolici.........gr. j

Atropiae sulphatis.......gr. ss

Zinci sulphatis.........gr. ij

Aquae destillatae......... ℥ j

M. S. This solution is to be dropped into the eye every two hours, and applied constantly with moist compress externally. - Rogers.