Report of M. M. S. Hospital at Macao.
1841.
Retraction of foot inwards
Scrotal hernia
Inguinal hernia
Umbilical hernia
Diseases of the ear.
1 Ulceration of cornea, severe 1 Opacity of cornea.
1 Opacity of cornea, very dense 1 Staphyloma
Surditas from excess of cerumen 6 Surditas from caries of tem-
poral bone.
Surditas from disease of mastoid
•
cells, large external opening behind the ear
Diseases of the eye and its appendages.
Abscess on eyelid Hordeolum
Small tumor of lid
Ulcer of lids -
-
Inflammation of Meibonian
1
•
465
51
311
8
12
Abscesses of eyelids and scalp,
causing great contraction of eyelids, and loss of vision 1 Loss of vision in both eyes from dense vascular opacity of
cornea
1 Loss of vision in one eye from
entropium
Loss of vision in both eyes from
entropium
2
16
3
8
•
3
1
Loss of vision in one eye from
opacity of cornea
18
1
Loss of vision in both eyes from
opacity of cornea
10
glands
Trichiosis
144
Entropium (operated on 22)
70
ing cornea from catarrhal ophthalmia
16
Ectropium
35
Contraction of tarsi
40
Contraction of tarsi (after na-
Loss of vision in both eyes,
sloughing cornea from ca- tarrhal ophthalmia
•
tive operation for entropium)
24
Hernia tridis of one eye.
Lippitudo
95
Hernia tridis of both eyes
Conjunctivitis
20
Closure of pupil by lymph
1 Loss of vision in one eye, slough.
Catarrhal ophthalmia, severe Chronic ophthalmia Granular lids slight opacity Granular lids with much opa-
city
•
Pterygium (operated on 6) Contraction of puncto lacry-
malia Ulceration of cornea, slight
134 Contraction of both pupils to
8
a point
220 Synechia anterior
Synechia posterior
30 Cataract lenticular 146 Cataract capsular
Amaurosis
1 80
2
1
1
4
8
·
6
5
•
4
Total 3502
ART. VI. Report of the Medical Missionary Society's operations
at Macao in 1840-41. By BENJAMIN HOBSON.
IN July, 1838, the Society's hospital in Macao, as mentioned in a former report, was first opened for the reception of patients. It was closed on the 5th of Oct. following, in consequence of the absence of any other medical officer to take charge of the establishment.
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