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DARK ADAPTATION AS A CLINICAL TEST: FURTHER STUDIES

DARK ADAPTATION AS A CLINICAL TEST: FURTHER STUDIES Abstract The study of dark adaptation is a study of a phase of retinal function, and if one accepts the von Kries theory it is specifically an evaluation of rod efficiency. In a previous paper I reported the results of the tests of dark adaptation obtained in a study of 1,008 eyes1 and in another paper I presented a chart on which such findings may be plotted to enable one to compare the results more easily.2 Almost simultaneously with the beginning of dark adaptation there is a regeneration of the visual purple. Either some failure of this regeneration or a disease of the deeper structure of the retina or choroid may be the principal cause of pathologic dark adaptation. That the retina is richly supplied with vitamin A was shown by Yudkin and his collaborators3 in experiments on animals in which healthy retinal tissue was References 1. Feldman, J. B.: Dark Adaptation as a Clinical Test , Arch. Ophth. 15:1004 ( (June) ) 1936.Crossref 2. Feldman, J. B.: A Graph for Recording Results in Dark Adaptation , Am. J. Ophth. 19:510, 1936. 3. Yudkin, A. M.; Kriss, M., and Smith, A. H.: Vitamin A Potency of Retinal Tissue , Am. J. Physiol. 97:611, 1931. 4. Wolff, L. K.: On the Quantity of Vitamin A Present in the Human Liver , Lancet 2:617, 1932.Crossref 5. Moore, T.: Vitamin A Reserves of the Human Liver in Health and Disease , Lancet 2:669, 1932.Crossref 6. These were from the clinic for patients with diabetes of St. Christopher's Hospital for Children. 7. Krause, A. C.: The Biochemistry of the Eye , Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins Press, 1934. 8. Krause,7 p. 82. 9. Foster, J.: Vitamins in Ophthalmology , Arch. Ophth. 15:1160 ( (June) ) 1936.Crossref 10. Mathews, A. P.: Principles of Biochemistry , Baltimore, William Wood & Company, 1936, p. 412. 11. Tansley, Katharine: The Regeneration of Visual Purple: Its Relation to Dark Adaptation and Night Blindness , J. Physiol. 71:442, 1931. 12. Eusterman, G. B., and Wilbur, D. L.: Chemical Features of Vitamin A Deficiency , J. A. M. A. 98:2054 ( (June 11) ) 1932.Crossref 13. Mathews,10 p. 414. 14. Cody, C. C.: Relation of Vitamin A, D, B and G to Otolaryngology , Arch. Otolaryng. 16:664 ( (Nov.) ) 1932.Crossref 15. Wolbach, S. B., and Howe, P. R.: Tissue Changes Following Deprivation of Fat-Soluble A Vitamin , J. Exper. Med 42:773, 1925.Crossref 16. Higgins, C. C.: The Experimental Production of Urinary Calculi , Urol. & Cutan. Rev. 38:33, 1934. 17. Wilson, J. R., and DuBois, R. O.: Report of a Fatal Case of Keratomalacia in an Infant with Postmortem Examination , Am. J. Dis. Child. 26:431 ( (Nov.) ) 1923. 18. McCarrison, R., and Ranganathan, S.: Researches on Stones: XII , Indian J. M. Research 19:55, 1931. 19. McCarrison, R.: The Causation of Stones in India , Brit. M. J. 1:1009, 1931. 20. Bliss, A. R.; Livermore, G. R., and Prather, G. O.: The Relation of Vitamin A and D to Urinary Calculus Formation , J. Urol. 30:639, 1933. 21. Higgins, C. C.: Production and Solution of Urinary Calculi , J. A. M. A. 104:1296 ( (April 13) ) 1935. 22. The Status of Certain Questions Concerning Vitamins, report of the Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry , J. A. M. A. 106:1733 ( (May 16) ) 1936. 23. A complete report of these cases will be published by Dr. Ezickson in a paper in the near future. 24. Cobb, Percy: Light Sense , in Berens, C.: The Eye and Its Diseases , Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders Company, 1936, chap. 19, p. 206. 25. Adams, Dorothy: Report of Committee on Physiology of Vision: II. Dark Adaptation , Medical Research Council, Special Report Series, no. 127, London, His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1929 26. Percival, A. S.: The Light Sense , Tr. Ophth. Soc. U. Kingdom 40:311, 1920 27. Park, I. O.: Preliminary Observations on Vitamin A Deficiency as Shown by Studies with Visual Photometer , J. Oklahoma M. A. 28:357, 1935. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Ophthalmology American Medical Association

DARK ADAPTATION AS A CLINICAL TEST: FURTHER STUDIES

Archives of Ophthalmology , Volume 17 (4) – Apr 1, 1937

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Abstract The study of dark adaptation is a study of a phase of retinal function, and if one accepts the von Kries theory it is specifically an evaluation of rod efficiency. In a previous paper I reported the results of the tests of dark adaptation obtained in a study of 1,008 eyes1 and in another paper I presented a chart on which such findings may be plotted to enable one to compare the results more easily.2 Almost simultaneously with the beginning of dark adaptation there is a regeneration of the visual purple. Either some failure of this regeneration or a disease of the deeper structure of the retina or choroid may be the principal cause of pathologic dark adaptation. That the retina is richly supplied with vitamin A was shown by Yudkin and his collaborators3 in experiments on animals in which healthy retinal tissue was References 1. Feldman, J. B.: Dark Adaptation as a Clinical Test , Arch. Ophth. 15:1004 ( (June) ) 1936.Crossref 2. Feldman, J. B.: A Graph for Recording Results in Dark Adaptation , Am. J. Ophth. 19:510, 1936. 3. Yudkin, A. M.; Kriss, M., and Smith, A. H.: Vitamin A Potency of Retinal Tissue , Am. J. Physiol. 97:611, 1931. 4. Wolff, L. K.: On the Quantity of Vitamin A Present in the Human Liver , Lancet 2:617, 1932.Crossref 5. Moore, T.: Vitamin A Reserves of the Human Liver in Health and Disease , Lancet 2:669, 1932.Crossref 6. These were from the clinic for patients with diabetes of St. Christopher's Hospital for Children. 7. Krause, A. C.: The Biochemistry of the Eye , Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins Press, 1934. 8. Krause,7 p. 82. 9. Foster, J.: Vitamins in Ophthalmology , Arch. Ophth. 15:1160 ( (June) ) 1936.Crossref 10. Mathews, A. P.: Principles of Biochemistry , Baltimore, William Wood & Company, 1936, p. 412. 11. Tansley, Katharine: The Regeneration of Visual Purple: Its Relation to Dark Adaptation and Night Blindness , J. Physiol. 71:442, 1931. 12. Eusterman, G. B., and Wilbur, D. L.: Chemical Features of Vitamin A Deficiency , J. A. M. A. 98:2054 ( (June 11) ) 1932.Crossref 13. Mathews,10 p. 414. 14. Cody, C. C.: Relation of Vitamin A, D, B and G to Otolaryngology , Arch. Otolaryng. 16:664 ( (Nov.) ) 1932.Crossref 15. Wolbach, S. B., and Howe, P. R.: Tissue Changes Following Deprivation of Fat-Soluble A Vitamin , J. Exper. Med 42:773, 1925.Crossref 16. Higgins, C. C.: The Experimental Production of Urinary Calculi , Urol. & Cutan. Rev. 38:33, 1934. 17. Wilson, J. R., and DuBois, R. O.: Report of a Fatal Case of Keratomalacia in an Infant with Postmortem Examination , Am. J. Dis. Child. 26:431 ( (Nov.) ) 1923. 18. McCarrison, R., and Ranganathan, S.: Researches on Stones: XII , Indian J. M. Research 19:55, 1931. 19. McCarrison, R.: The Causation of Stones in India , Brit. M. J. 1:1009, 1931. 20. Bliss, A. R.; Livermore, G. R., and Prather, G. O.: The Relation of Vitamin A and D to Urinary Calculus Formation , J. Urol. 30:639, 1933. 21. Higgins, C. C.: Production and Solution of Urinary Calculi , J. A. M. A. 104:1296 ( (April 13) ) 1935. 22. The Status of Certain Questions Concerning Vitamins, report of the Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry , J. A. M. A. 106:1733 ( (May 16) ) 1936. 23. A complete report of these cases will be published by Dr. Ezickson in a paper in the near future. 24. Cobb, Percy: Light Sense , in Berens, C.: The Eye and Its Diseases , Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders Company, 1936, chap. 19, p. 206. 25. Adams, Dorothy: Report of Committee on Physiology of Vision: II. Dark Adaptation , Medical Research Council, Special Report Series, no. 127, London, His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1929 26. Percival, A. S.: The Light Sense , Tr. Ophth. Soc. U. Kingdom 40:311, 1920 27. Park, I. O.: Preliminary Observations on Vitamin A Deficiency as Shown by Studies with Visual Photometer , J. Oklahoma M. A. 28:357, 1935.

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