In the examination of cases of the untoward effects of quinin upon the eye, Knapp of New York found the power of sight diminished in various degrees, and rarely amaurosis and immobility of the pupils.
The patient recovered in four months, but suffered from amaurosiswhich had commenced at the time of the stab.
The amaurosis has been known to come on suddenly, and after a very brief exposure to lead, e.
The disease called amaurosis had subsisted from the month of September before; and every variety of cure having been tried in vain, all treatment had been given up for a month previously.
Amaurosis is a paralysis of the nerves of the eye: it is sometimes cured, but then gradually, and not instantaneously.
In October he was sent to the Hospital at Quinze-Vingt where a diagnosis of hysterical amaurosis was made with a large interrogation point.
The soldier escaped with a comrade and eventually reached Val-de-Grâce where the diagnosis of hysterical amaurosis was again made.
However, the preservation of the pupil reflexes seemed to indicate that nine-tenths, at least, of the amaurosis was functional.
The condition is not unlike that found in amaurosis of uremia, and Parsons has found it in children with posterior basic meningitis.
Amaurosis of one eye is very often followed by a similar malady of the other, and the same is true of cataract and some other affections.
Presently the sight becomes more and more impaired, until a complete amaurosis results.
In the treatment of organic amaurosis but little can be done, and that little is unsatisfactory.
Hence the treatment of functional amaurosis will necessarily vary with the cause; and no general rule can, with any propriety, be laid down as to our selection of remedial measures.
Patients who have long laboured under imperfect amaurosis have occasionally been suddenly relieved by the discharge of a tape-worm.
Again, amaurosis maybe the result of irritation in some portion of the alimentary canal, as from the presence of worms.
Yet the eye may be displaced to no small extent without amaurosis following.
She ultimately recovered, but remained affected with paralysis of the right side of the face and amaurosis of the left eye; sensation in the paralysed parts being quite perfect.
Amaurosis is sometimes temporary, occurring at regular intervals; and, during its accession, it often varies in intensity.
Vision may be diminished or lost by organic disease in the coats or humours of the eye, or by morbid formations in the orbit; but to such the term Amaurosis does not strictly apply.
The existence of amaurosis does not necessarily lead to failure; if cataract be present, it should be broken or depressed either at the time of the operation or before.
So, too, I said I would treat a negative disease, such as amaurosis or torpidity of liver, with the negative pole, placing the positive pole on either some healthy or morbidly positive part.
In this case there was partial amaurosis in both sides, although nothing of disease could be discovered in the left eye.
I select this case of amaurosis for several reasons; she was the first patient on whom I tried the efficacy of capsicum.
Amaurosis of the Left Eye, and Cataract of the Right.
It will be seen in the following extract from Tyrrell on the Eye, "Functional amaurosis arises from a deficient supply of red blood.
This case shows the power of the acid in not only producing absorption, but in the removal of amaurosis at the same time.
Soon after this I was induced to try what effect essential oils, possessing powerful stimulating properties, might possess in removing amaurosis and diseases generally of the eye.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "amaurosis" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: blinding; cataract; darkness; eye; glaucoma; trachoma; walleye
