RHEUMATIC CONJUNCTIVITIS. 
By A. L. Hodgdoii, M. D., 
BalUmol'e. 
REPRINTED FROM THE 
Maryland Medical Journal, 
August 11, 1894. 
Was called to see Mrs. J. and found 
intense inflammation of the right con- 
junctiva with radiating pains through 
the head; ordered: 
K-Sodii Borat. . . grs. x 
Aq. Extr. Opii . . grs. j 
Aquae Camphor . . 5 ij 
Aquae . . . . 5 j 
M. et Sig. A few drops in the eye 
three times a day. 
I also gave internally small doses of 
the sulphate of morphia to quiet the 
pain. The above not proving very ef- 
fective, I ordered in its place : 
U-Zinc Sulphat. . . gr. j 
Atropiae Sulphat. . . gr. j 
Aquae Rosae . . 3 iv 
M. et Sig. A few drops in the eye 
three times a day. 
Suspecting a rheumatic element pres- 
ent in the disease, I added to the treat- 
ment colcliicin, gr. Ti7, every three 
hours, and during the treatment the pa- 
tient improved rapidly. As soon as some 
nausea was produced by the colchicin I 
diminished the dose to gr. every 
three hours. I had treated this same 
patient three months before for acute 
articular rheumatism.