G. A. Neuffer, in the _Journal of the South Carolina Medical
Association_ for February, 1915, states that he has met with universal
success in this condition by means of the following treatment: A
sixty-grain (4 gram) to the ounce (30 c.c.) solution of silver nitrate
is at once applied to the conjunctiva and immediately precipitated with
a solution of sodium chloride made by dissolving one teaspoonful of the
salt in a glassful of water. This application is repeated once every
twenty-four hours, until one is satisfied that the disease has been
controlled. Only in extreme cases are more than two applications
necessary, and often one proves sufficient. In addition, an ounce (30
grams) of boric acid is ordered dissolved in a quart (litre) of hot
water and the solution kept constantly warm. With this the nurse or
mother is instructed to wash out the eyes as often as any pus collects,
even if this is required a hundred times a day. One drop of a one per
cent solution of an organic silver preparation is dropped into each eye
three times a day as long as there is any pus; after this an astringent
lotion is substituted. The author also has squares of lint kept on a
block of ice and applied constantly, with frequent renewals, for forty
minutes in each hour. The treatment described should be applied both day
and night until the condition has been mastered.—_New York Medical
Journal._