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The author operated 34 cases of pterygia by Newton's method, wihich combined Mc Raynold's transplantation with limbal incision, in these 34 case, 4 cases were recurred, and in other 2...
This essay examines the period between 1897 and 1910, when trachoma, a contagious eye disease, became an "Oriental" problem that justified exclusionary immigration policy against Asians entering the United States....
The term "entropion" is defined as a turning inward of the eyelid. Depending on the mechanism of its causation, it may be classified into four types; mechanical, spastic, senile, and...
PURPOSE: To report a case of Salzmann's nodular degeneration caused by chronic irritation from dry eye and trichiasis. METHODS: A 40-year-old female patient visited our ophthalmology clinic complaining of dryness...
On 2,372 ophthalmic patients that received ocular examination and treatment by the author's medical service intended for doctor less farming and island villages, analyses were done according to disease entity,...
Blindness is a worldwide health problem which affects at least 10 million people presently. The leading causes of preventable blindness in the world are trachoma, onchocerciasis, and xerophthalmia. The causes...
In recent years, the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases has increased at an alarming rate. Besides the organisms of gonorrhea and syphilis, there are numerous infectious agents that are sexually...