Cataract in Untreated Cases of Diabetes Mellitus
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were especially prone to get cataract, a systematic description of the condition did not appear till 1834 when Berndt published his description (Kirby, 1933). Two types of cataract have been defined clearly in our times by Duke-Elder (loc. cit.) but it must be pointed out that references to these types are not wanting in the writings of earlier authors, especially in those of Beard in the middle of the last century. The types are :? 1. Senile cataract coming on in diabetes. 2. A true diabetic cataract, which is very
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