The minute openings of the Meibomianglands are seen on the free margins of the eyelids.
Near the inner surface of the lids is a row of twenty or thirty glands, known as the Meibomian glands, which open on the free edges of each lid.
The Meibomian glands are arranged in the form of clusters along the excretory duct, which opens just behind the roots of the eyelashes.
The next day the patient presented himself, quite free from pain, which had not returned; the conjunctiva was clear, and there was no visible Meibomian secretion.
Traumata, the presence of foreign bodies in the conjunctival sac, or the irritations of superficial chalky infarcts in the Meibomian ducts, cause more or less severe transitory congestion.
When the eyelids are at rest, as during the night, they become glued together by the viscid fluid from the meibomian follicles; but, if the inflammation increases in intensity, the discharge is arrested.
At first the discharge from the conjunctiva and meibomian glands is increased and changed, and flows occasionally over the cheek, producing a scalding sensation.
By some, affection of the meibomian glands has been considered as the cause of inflammation and abscess of the lachrymal sac.
The affection is often of long duration, and may be in part prolonged by vitiated secretion from the meibomian glands.
Illustration] It frequently happens that the meibomian glands are the seat of morbid action, along with the lachrymal passages; their secretion is changed, becoming in some cases thick and caseous, in others puriform.
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