INDEX

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[A]

[B]

[C]

[A]
Abu el Kasim, [2], [4]
Accidental injuries during couching, [46]
Advocacy (modified) of couching, [10], [11], [12]
Ægineta, Paulus, [3]
Age of patient, usual in couching, [27]
Albertotti, [10]
Alexandria, ophthalmic surgeons in, [1]
Anæsthesia during couching, [15], [21]
Anatomical examination of couched eyes, by Collins, [11];
by Hudson, [11];
by Kirkpatrick, [11];
by Parsons, [10]
Anterior chamber, [55]
albuminous exudates in, [56]
blood in, [56]
lens matter in, [56]
pus in, [56]
scantiness of contents, [55]
vitreous substance in, [56]
Anterior operation, [14]
Antiquity of couching, [1]
Antillus, [7]
Apology for the coucher, [23]
Avicenna, [2], [3], [4]
[B]
Bartisch, [5]
Basso, [11]
Bell, Benjamin, [7]
Benvenuto, [4]
Bland-Sutton, Sir John, [1]
Brisseau, Pierre, [7]
[C]
Capsulo-corneal synechia, [46]
Cataracts, entangled in vitreous exudate, [39], [81]
fixed in vitreous chamber, [40], [80]
floating freely in vitreous, [39]
matted in inflammatory tissue, [43]
peculiarities of, in India, [32]
Causes of failure after couching, [28]
Celsus, [1], [2], [3], [7], [90]
Charlatanism, [6], [7], [20]
Chemotaxis, [61], [63]
Choroid, [73]
changes in, due to hypotony, [73]
detachments of, [73]
Choroidal vessels unusually distinct, [74]
Collins, E. T., [11], [12], [73]
Comparison of depression and reclination, [88]
of pain after couching and after extraction, [86]
of scleral and corneal routes for operation, [89]
Condemnation of couching, [11], [22], [26], [77]
Copper probe, [16], [17], [51]
Cornea, fistula of, [46], [78]
scars in, [16], [46], [78]
Coucher, descriptive titles of, [19]
Coucher’s methods, [20], [33]
Cusson, [7]
Cyanopsia, [32]
[D]
Dark Ages, couching in, [6], [20]
Daviel’s extraction, [7]
Delayed iridocyclitis, [28]
Demonstration of couched cataract, method of, [79]
Depression of cataract, [8], [88]
Diagnosis of couching having been performed, [77]
Difficulties in deciding surgical questions in India, [84]
Difficulty of couching, [11], [90]
Dislocation of cataract, backward, [39]
behind retina, [45], [88]
between ciliary body and sclera, [88]
forward, [36], [87]
in front of anterior hyaloid membrane, [44]
partial, [81]
Drake-Brockman, E. F., [22]
Drake-Brockman, H. E., [9], [22]
[E]
Ekambaram, [10], [11], [16], [17], [24], [26], [49]
Extraction of cataract, [7]
Extraction of couched cataract, [61], [77], [82], [83], [84]
[F]
Fees of couchers, [22]
Fixation of lens, degree of, [82]
Fowl’s blood, use of, by couchers, [18], [20]
Fundus reflex absent, [81]
[G]
Galen, [3]
Glaucoma, [28], [29], [74]
after couching, [86]
causes of, after couching, [75], [76]
frequency of, after couching, [74], [75]
Government servants as couchers, [22]
[H]
Habits of couchers, [19]
Hæmorrhage after couching, [67]
Haly Abbas, [2]
Hay, William, [7]
Headquarters of couchers, [19]
Hindu couchers, [19]
Hirschberg, [9]
Histories of Indian patients, unreliable, [77], [82]
Hudson, A. C., [11]
Hyphæma, [56]
Hypopyon, [56]
Hypotony, effect of, on uveal tract, [73]
[I]
Imperfect dislocation of cataract, [28], [29]
Incision, variation of site of, in couching, [49]
Indian Medical Service Officers and couching, [9]
Instruments for couching, [4], [16], [20]
Invention of couching, first, [2]
Iridocyclitis, [25], [28]
Iris, atrophy of, [78]
flat plane of, in couched eye, [77]
scars in, [16], [78]
tremulous, [78]
Iris bombé, [55]
[J]
Jesu Haly, [2]
[K]
Kirkpatrick, H., [11], [61], [84]
Knife, guarded, [16]
[L]
Lens, calcification of, [55]
Listerism, influence of, on couching, [9]
[M]
Mackenzie, [7], [90]
Magic, element of, in couching, [24]
Mahomedan couchers, [19], [21]
Maynard, F. P., [11]
Membrane, dried pieces of, used by couchers, [20]
Metabolic changes in development of cataract, [33]
Miracles, early Christian, [18]
Mistakes in diagnosis, couchers’, [23], [29], [30]
Morgagnian cataracts, [27], [90]
[O]
Ophthalmoscopy of couched eyes, [31], [80]
Optic atrophy, [28], [29]
Optic neuritis, [30], [63]
[P]
Pain during couching, [15]
following couching, [85], [87]
causes of, [86]
Panophthalmitis, [25], [52], [82]
Parsons, J. H., [10]
Pathological material available, [35]
Philoxenes, [1]
Phthisis bulbi, [82]
Position of couched cataract, recognition of, [77], [79], [80], [82]
Posterior operation, [16]
Pott, Percival, [7]
Power, Henry, [10]
Punjabi couchers, [21]
Pupil, blackness of, in couched cataract, [77]
occlusion of, [81]
[Q]
Quartillera, [11]
[R]
Razes, [2]
Reascension of couched cataract, [89]
Reclination of cataract, [7], [8], [88]
Reluctance to remove couched lenses, [77]
Removal of couched lens, [61]
Results of couching, [25], [26], [27]
Retina, cysts of, [65], [70], [73]
dots on, [68]
dots on, frequency of, [68]
dots on, pathology of, [69]
Retinal changes ascribed to couching, [30]
Retinal detachment, [28], [29], [64]
causes of, [64], [65], [66]
due to operative traumatism, [68]
stick-like, [65]
Retinal pigment, changes found in, after cataract-extraction, [32]
Retinal pigment, changes in, found in couched eyes, [31], [32]
Retino-corneal synechia, [46]
[S]
Sandalwood paste, [17]
Scarpa, [7]
Scarpa’s needle, [8]
Sclera, scars of, [49], [78]
Scleral fistula, [50]
Smith, H., [11], [22], [26]
Social status of couchers, [22]
Sprengel, [1]
Statistics of couching, author’s, [11], [22], [25], [26]
Kirkpatrick’s, [11], [25]
Maynard’s, [10], [22]
Straub on experimental hyalitis, [61]
Subretinal exudate, [67]
Suction of cataract, [7]
Suppression of couching, [34]
Sympathetic ophthalmia, [29], [55]
[T]
Tabri, [2]
Technique of couching, Abu el Kasim, [4]
Avicenna, [4]
Bartisch, [5]
Benvenuto, [4]
Brisseau, [7]
Celsus, [2], [3]
Indian operators, [10], [14], [16], [25]
Mackenzie, [7]
Thorn used in couching, [14]
Tobit, recovery of sight of, [1]
Transillumination of couched eyes, [80]
[U]
Uveal coat, calcification of, [55]
Uveal tract, injuries of, [50]
Uveitis, plastic, [52]
Uveitis, proliferative, [55]
[V]
Visual results after couching, [27]
Visual results of couching and extraction compared, [28]
Visual tests employed by couchers, [16]
Vitreous body, infiltration of, [59]
Vitreous chamber, [56]
cone of exudate in, [30], [43]
cone of exudate in, altered artificially, [60]
cone of exudate definitely pathological, [60]
filmy exudate in, [62]
Vitreous exudate, fibrous organisation of, [59], [64]
Vitreous opacities, [28]
[W]
Ware, James, [7]
Willburg, [7]

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