Diseases of the lymphoid tissue of the conjunctiva / by E. Treacher Collins.

  • Collins, E. Treacher (Edward Treacher), 1862-1937.
Date:
[1910]
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    Reprinted from the Roi/al London Ophthalmic Hospital Reports, Vol. Xl 'IU, Part I. DISEASES OF THE LYMPHOID TISSUE OF THE CONJUNCTIVA* By E. Treacher Collins. m. paper dealing with diseases of the lymphoid tissue of the conjunctiva might readily lead to a discussion of all the inflammatory affections of that membrane, for in all of them the fibro-adenoid layer becomes implicated. It is, however,, mainly diseases which are characterised by marked over- development of lymphoid tissue which I propose, in opening this discussion, to describe, and especially the most serious of these—trachoma. Trachoma is a disease of such exceedingly long duration that few observers have the opportunity of watching cases from the commencement to the finish. In this respect I have had exceptional advantages. The Metropolitan Asylums Board has established Ophthalmia Schools for the isolation of children who, while under the charge of the Poor Law Authorities in London, are found to be suffering from any contagious eye disease. The number of children admitted to these schools in the past five years, during which time I have held the appointment of Ophthalmic Surgeon to them, has been 2441, of wliich 700 were suffer- * A paper read in opening a discussion before the British Medical Association, July, 1909, on Diseases of the Lymphoid Tissue of the Con- junctiva.