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Title: The Hahnemannian monthly
Year: 1865 (1860s)
Authors: Homœopathic Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania
Subjects: Homeopathy
Publisher: West Pittston, Pa. (etc.) : LaBarre Printing Co.
Contributing Library: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Historical Medical Library
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ny other means at our command. A short stroke with greatspeed will also produce a sound-wave, thus combining in theone instrument vibratory and sound massage. The beneficial effects of this treatment when applied to theeyes are immediate. The traction on the eye-ball is so uniformand gentle that intraocular hemorrhage is not to be thought of.It is pleasant and painless to the patient, as is proven by chil-dren, who submit to its vibrations without complaint. Theeffect produced is a feeling of clearness before the eyes. 1900.) Vibratory Massage in Chronic Eye Diseases. 431 Everything seems bright, and any tendency to neuralgic orheavy pains in the eyes is gone. This stimulating effect tovision and relief from a tired, strained sensation are veryapparent in doing refractive work. After a patient has under-gone a rigid examination his eyes smart and burn, his templesache, and his vision is blurred, making the objective tests mostunsatisfactory. At such times two minutes of vibratory mas-
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sage will stimulate the parts, relieving the patient of all feelingof fatigue, when the refractive examination can be completedwith much better results. In other cases, when great care hasbeen used in prescribing the proper lenses, and the repeateduse of mydriatics convince the physician that the properglasses are being worn, and yet the patient complains of burn-ing of the lids and inability to use the eyes for any length oftime without pain, it has been proven, in such conditions, that 432 The Hahnemannian Monthly. (Julj> the stimulating effect of massage is the panacea, as all suchsymptoms disappear after a few treatments. An external dis-ease which is annoying to the patient and usually tedious totreat is episcleritis. Salicylic acid and iodid of potash are theroutine remedies used among the allopaths, while the differentpotencies of mercurius, thuja, sulphur, sepia, etc., are employedby homoeopathic physicians, yet neither school gives a favor-able prognosis as to the duration

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