The Relation of Corneal Vascularisation and Conjunctival Transparency to General Disease.

THE relation of corneal vascularisation and of conjunctival transparency to nutritional deficiency have already been described (Lyle, Macrae and Gardiner, 1944; Gardiner, 1944). The former communication showed that a high limbal score indicating increased corneal vascularisation occurred in groups of people who were living on inadequate or unbalanced diets. The latter investigation showed that increased conjunctival transparency was associated with increased corneal vascularisation and also with inadequate diets. It is hoped to show that these ocular signs are also related to the incidence of disease and therefore that they are useful in the assessment of health.