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SURVEY OF RECORDS OF GLAUCOMA IN OPHTHALMIC CLINICS

SURVEY OF RECORDS OF GLAUCOMA IN OPHTHALMIC CLINICS Abstract By way of introduction it is necessary to state that recently the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness invited a number of New York ophthalmologists to constitute a glaucoma committee to undertake a campaign for reducing the percentage of blindness due to glaucoma. So far the essential points of this task are : To survey glaucoma work in ophthalmic clinics. To disseminate knowledge on glaucoma among patients, general practitioners, social workers, nurses and all agencies interested in the prevention of blindness. To urge the authorities in medical schools to allot sufficient time for teaching students the subject of prevention of blindness due to accidents and especially glaucoma. To establish a glaucoma bureau or exchange which, among other activities, will make a census of all the cases of glaucoma in the clinics of greater New York and coordinate the material in such a way as to reduce the percentage of blindness References 1. This paper is concerned only with the subject of primary glaucoma. 2. The early stage is that in which the disturbed functions of the retina, optic nerve and balancing mechanism of the ocular tension are barely involved and easily reversible to normal. 3. "Negative" for 58 patients 40 years old or over seems an unusually low prevalence of diseased conditions. 4. Some of these must have been of symp̀tomless cases. 5. Only patients admitted to the hospital for study received a thorough physical examination. 6. Berens, C.: Standards for Outpatient Service in Ophthalmology : I. Standards for Outpatient Ophthalmic Departments , Am. J. Ophth. 22:870-875 ( (Aug.) ) 1939. 7. Berens, C.; Williams, R. C., and Merrill, E. B.: II. Standards for Nursing Service; III. Standards for Medical Social Service , Am. J. Ophth. 23:1352-1357 ( (Dec.) ) 1940.Crossref http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Ophthalmology American Medical Association

SURVEY OF RECORDS OF GLAUCOMA IN OPHTHALMIC CLINICS

SCHOENBERG, MARK J.
Archives of Ophthalmology , Volume 27 (4) – Apr 1, 1942
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Abstract By way of introduction it is necessary to state that recently the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness invited a number of New York ophthalmologists to constitute a glaucoma committee to undertake a campaign for reducing the percentage of blindness due to glaucoma. So far the essential points of this task are : To survey glaucoma work in ophthalmic clinics. To disseminate knowledge on glaucoma among patients, general practitioners, social workers, nurses and all agencies interested in the prevention of blindness. To urge the authorities in medical schools to allot sufficient time for teaching students the subject of prevention of blindness due to accidents and especially glaucoma. To establish a glaucoma bureau or exchange which, among other activities, will make a census of all the cases of glaucoma in the clinics of greater New York and coordinate the material in such a way as to reduce the percentage of blindness References 1. This paper is concerned only with the subject of primary glaucoma. 2. The early stage is that in which the disturbed functions of the retina, optic nerve and balancing mechanism of the ocular tension are barely involved and easily reversible to normal. 3. "Negative" for 58 patients 40 years old or over seems an unusually low prevalence of diseased conditions. 4. Some of these must have been of symp̀tomless cases. 5. Only patients admitted to the hospital for study received a thorough physical examination. 6. Berens, C.: Standards for Outpatient Service in Ophthalmology : I. Standards for Outpatient Ophthalmic Departments , Am. J. Ophth. 22:870-875 ( (Aug.) ) 1939. 7. Berens, C.; Williams, R. C., and Merrill, E. B.: II. Standards for Nursing Service; III. Standards for Medical Social Service , Am. J. Ophth. 23:1352-1357 ( (Dec.) ) 1940.Crossref

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Published: Apr 1, 1942

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