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- Publisher
- American Medical Association
- Copyright
- Copyright © 1932 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
- ISSN
- 0098-7484
- eISSN
- 1538-3598
- DOI
- 10.1001/jama.1932.02740540009004
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
The eye is defined very simply as "the organ of vision" (Century Dictionary, p. 2103). A number of secondary definitions are given, merely amplifying or extending the first. Is it presumptuous to begin a paper to be presented before the most representative group of American ophthalmologists with a statement so axiomatic? If so, we crave forgiveness. Recalling our undergraduate years and those immediately following, when we were first putting to practical use the concepts of medicine and surgery acquired in the laboratories and clinics, that which preeminently claimed our interest and attention was the means of restoring the sick patient to health. We were aware that a malady might, through the creation of toxic products, seriously interfere with the normal activities of certain organs, e. g., the impaired function of the kidney in scarlet fever or the development of myocardial changes in the course of diphtheria. Therapeutic indications were clear;
Journal
JAMA – American Medical Association
Published: Jul 9, 1932