THE RELATION EXISTING BETWEEN DISEASES OF THE CONJUNCTIVA. NOSE AND THROAT.

Abstract

My purpose in selecting this subject is not that I have any thing especially new or original to offer, but rather because I feel certain that in our text-books and literature too little time and space are devoted to the intimate association which exists between the conjunctiva, nose and throat, and as a consequence, faulty results are sometimes obtained in their treatment. From an anatomic standpoint, we admit a close relation through the lachrymal channel, and accept this as a most intimate and direct means of communication between the nose and conjunctival cul-de-sac, and do not hesitate to ascribe to certain conditions found in the nasal cavity the cause of disease so frequently found in the lachrymal sac and canal. It is not, however, to this direct means of communication, and the generally accepted lachrymal diseases, which I desire to call attention, but rather to the class of cases more