Iodide of Potassium in Ophthalmic Diseases

Potassium iodide in bronchial asthma.

Social Class and Serum Uric Acid M. G. Cook, M.B., and others; R. Finn, M.D. .......................... 232 Sudden Death after Exertion M. McCormack, M.B.; D. C. L. Savage, M.R.C.P. ......................... 232 Congenital Anomalies of the Vas Deferens R. E. B. Tagart, F.R.C.S...................233 Warning to Travellers to Tanzania G. H. Robb, M.R.C.P. 233 Exposure and Exhaustion G. A. Ballance...

Potassium iodide in the treatment of syphilis.

Potassium iodide is not an antispirochaetal agent, and hence has no value in the treatment of early syphilis. Whether the drug exerts an effect upon the healing of lesions of late syphilis has never been established with certainty, but generations of clinical observers believed that such an effect was demonstrable. The controversy is no longer of importance, as the arsenicals and penicillin are...

Role of Ophthalmic Nurses in Prevention of Ophthalmic Diseases

There are numerous ocular problems that could be diagnosed and detected by well-trained ophthalmic nurses. Ophthalmic nurses may significantly contribute in ophthalmology and visual sciences. These trained nurses may assist in decrease the rate of cancelled surgical operations at the date of operation that had been due to lack of attention to health problems in pre-operative assessments. Furthe...

Treatment of Phthisis by Iodide of Potassium

Ophthalmic Surgery in Prion Diseases

Eleven (1.8%) of 597 patients underwent ophthalmic surgery within 1 month before the onset of prion disease or after the onset. All ophthalmologists reused surgical instruments that had been incompletely sterilized to eliminate infectious prion protein. Ophthalmologists should be aware of prion diseases as a possible cause of visual symptoms and use disposable instruments whenever possible.