Gout and Its Causes.

Abstract

599but we relieve the tension. Now the cause not being removed, and the humours continuing to augment, the intra-ocular pressure is of course re-established, and all those symptoms, with excavation of the optic nerve, &c. &c., must be re-established as well. In short, whilst the principle upon which De Grafe's operation is based is not quite clear, yet the operation itself must in the mean time be considered as the best at our command, until more light is thrown upon the pathological anatomy of glaucoma, to enable us to meet it by a rational system of medical treatment. I am, Sir, vours obedientlv.