Current profile of secondary glaucomas

The Glaucomas

This two-volume work is the first edition by this publisher, but, interestingly, the title dates back to 1951, when The Glaucomas was written as a comprehensive textbook, covering knowledge of the glaucomas at that time. As the editors of this 1989 version observe, "a comparison of the size and content of these present volumes to those of the textbooks of the 1950s reminds us of the immense str...

The Glaucomas

This book is of pleasant size, well printed in clear type and with excellent illustrations. I like the title. It sounds like the history of the many members of a well-known family, some of whom are closely related while others are only very distant cousins and vague connections. It at once suggests that there are many types of Glaucoma which are distinct entities yet which have some vague relat...

Surgery of the glaucomas.

Pathology of the glaucomas.

In the normal eye, the main resistance to aqueous outflow is in the outermost region of the trabecular meshwork, which is adjacent to and forms the inner wall of Schlemm's canal. In primary open-angle glaucoma, there is increased resistance to outflow, and we assume that the abnormal additional resistance is in the same location. Examinations of pathological anatomy show scarring and sclerosis ...

The Chronic Primary Glaucomas

One of the outstanding problems in ophthalmology to-day is the elucidation of etiological factors in the primary glaucomas, i.e., those not directly resulting from obvious pathological or anatomical defects of the eye. Our knowledge of the mechanisms productive of intraocular hypertension in such cases has been greatly augmented in recent years by the publications of Duke-Elder, Seidel, Magitot...