The leprous diseases of the eye / by O.B. Bull and G.A. Hanson.

  • Bull, O. B. (Ole Bornemann), 1842-1916.
Date:
1873
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    THE LEPKOUS DISEASES OF THE EYE. Nearly all the affections to which leprosy can give rise, are found mentioned in Boeck and Danielsen’s “Traite de la Spe- dalskhed” Christiania 1842 and Paris 1848; but although a long- time has elapsed since this work was published, our acquaintance with the leprous diseases of the Eye is still very imperfect. Nothing collected has been given out on this subject; and, as a matter of course, the diseases of the Eye could not in that work be exhaustively described; especially as Ophthalmology has been developed more than any other branch of medical science, during the time which has elapsed since the publication of the work above-mentioned. The scanty notices here and there occurring in the journals shew only how little this subject has been investigated. That leprosy has been left entirely out of consideration in the Etiology of the diseases of the Eye, otherwise represented with sufficient minuteness, is so much the more remarkable, as there is no disease which so frequently gives rise to disorders of the Eye, as leprosy does; nor is leprosy ;.i many countries — even if Norway is left out of consideration — a disease of very rare occurrence. A separate description of the diseases of the Eye which Leprosy may occasion can therefore not be regarded as superfluous and over-minute. In the following description of the leprous diseases of the Eye, we distinguish between those affections which are the immediate expression of the leprous dyscrasis, and those which are only consequences of other leprous affections not primarily attacking the Eye or its Adnexa. The description will thereby gain in lucidity; although no systematic arrangement can be followed. With regard to the nomenclature of the various forms of leprosy, we use only “tuberous” — i. e. Elephanthiasis or Lepra