Glaucoma and Epidemic Dropsy

The Osmotic Pressure of the Aqueous Humour in Epidemic Dropsy Glaucoma.

Introduction IN a previous paper by one of us (Kirwan, 1934) it was pointed out that epidemic dropsy is the only general disease at present known in which glaucoma forms an integral part and hence is the most important clinical lead we have ever had in the pathogenesis of glaucoma. With a view to the elucidation of the aetiology of primary glaucoma in general, this disease provides a vast field...

The Surgical Treatment of Epidemic Dropsy Glaucoma

Epidemic Dropsy Glaucoma

The Ocular Complications of Epidemic Dropsy

The main ocular complication of epidemic dropsy is glaucoma of the primary non-inflammatory type, and the eye remains quite white even in cases in which the tension is extremely high. Formerly it was thought that the increased intraocular tension was a late manifestation of the general disease, but in the outbreaks in 1932, 1933, 1934 and 1935 many cases of this type of glaucoma were seen with ...

Argemone oil, sanguinarine, and epidemic-dropsy glaucoma.

Argemone mexicana Linn. (Linnaeus, 1753; Tournefort, 1694), is a herb of the Papaveraceae (poppy family) indigenous to the West Indies (Fig. 1). The study of this herb and its active principles is important, first to circumvent the serious epidemics of dropsy and glaucoma resulting from the unintentional ingestion of its seed oil in tropical countries; secondly to find a method of producing in ...