Subjective-Burning of the left lid, as is too dry. Feeling of soreness in the inner canthi. Soreness of the outer canthus, with biting pain. Pains at the root of the nose as if pressed into the head. Pressure on the margin of the left lower lid near the inner canthus. Painful pressure in the right inner canthus, with redness of the conjunctiva. Biting in the right inner canthus, relieved by rubbing. Itching and sticking pain in the inner angles of the eyes, with cloudiness of sight. Feeling of dryness and pressure in them. Hot, scalding tears. Constant pressure in the left eye in the evening. Burning and biting with photophobia of the eye, which waters, especially in the evening, and is agglutinated in the morning. Tickling in the right eye as from dust, frequently. Sore, painful biting in the eyes towards evening, especially in the right eye. Violent itching of the left eye.
Vision-Dimness of vision. A good deal of photophobia. Green rings before the eyes.
It is not infrequently called for in inflammation of the conjunctiva, especially if confined to the canthi-more particularly the internal-and accompanied by soreness, itching and sticking pains at the angles of the eye, with agglutination. It has also removed persistent redness of the conjunctiva remaining after pustular keratitis, without any discharge, worse toward evening and in the cool air.
For pterygium it is a valuable remedy, as several well marked cases have been cured. In one case, reported by Dr. Carroll Dunham, the pterygium covered one-half of the pupil and was growing rapidly; there was much conjunctival injection, lachrymation in the evening, discharge and photophobia, especially by artificial light, pricking pain and soreness, worse in the inner angle and in the evening, but particularly marked was a sensation of great pressure across the root of the nose and supra-orbital region. Zincum cured.
The sulphate of zinc has sometimes been employed in place of the metal. “A case of a dacryocysto-blenorrhoea; discharge profuse, muco-purulent, integument adjoining inner canthus red and inflamed, was entirely relieved by zincum sulph.3”-A WANSTALL.
Professor of Ophthalmology in the College of the New York Ophthalmic Hospital; Surgeon to the New York Ophthalmic Hospital. Visiting Oculist to the Laura Franklin Free Hospital for Children; Ex-President American Homoeopathic Ophthalmological, Otological and Laryngological Society. First Vice-President American Institute of Homoeopathy : President Homoeopathic Medical Society of the State of New York ; Editor Homoeopathic Eye. Ear and Throat Journal : Associate Editor. Department of Ophthalmology, North American Journal of Homoeopathy, etc.