CASES of ophthalmia nodosa attributable to caterpillar hairs have been recorded in the literature from time to time during the last hundred years. The first description was published by Schon (1861) and further cases have been described by others including Pagenstecher (1883), Wagenmann (1890), Elschnig (1895). The name ophthalmia nodosa was given by Saemisch (1904). Only two British authors ha...