Ocular Microsurgery. Developments in Ophthalmology

[Microsurgery in ophthalmology].

The use of operating spectacles goes back just over one hundred years; the first were simple presbyopic corrections, later increased to over-correction and later coupled with the use of base-in prisms. Magnification was increased by displacement on the nose to increase the back vertex distance. About 1880, the limited magnification available with a single lens was overcome by the use of compoun...

Recent Developments in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Ocular Toxoplasmosis.

Ocular toxoplasmosis, a chorioretinal infection with Toxoplasma gondii, is the most common etiology of posterior uveitis in many countries. Accurate diagnosis depends heavily on the characteristic clinical features of this disease, but atypical presentations, especially in immunocompromised patients, may create diagnostic challenges and lead to misdiagnosis and inappropriate treatment. Molecula...

Tuberculin in Ophthalmology Tuberculin in Ophthalmology

INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY Infrastructure of "tubular body" in the endothelial cells of the ocular blood vessels

Characteristic tubular bodies were detected with great regularity in the endothelial cells of the blood vessels of human eyes, normal and pathologic, as well as in growing vessels in rabbit corneas. These bodies in the mature form are shaped like a cylindrical rod with an internal tubular structure, bounded by a limiting membrane of unit membrane type. They are numerous in some instances of Beh...

Ophthalmology

This recent addition to the Clio Medica series is very welcome for several reasons. It is almost unique, for the only other histories of ophthalmology in English are a very short essay by Sorsby and an article by Shastid in the American Encyclopedia of Ophthalmology. The brevity of Chance's history has excluded a separate bibliography, yet the author has managed to include mention in the text o...