What was Glaucoma Called before the 20th Century?
Glaucoma involves a characteristic optic neuropathy, often with elevated intraocular pressure. Before 1850, poor vision with a normal eye appearance, as occurs in primary open-angle glaucoma, was termed amaurosis, gutta serena , or black cataract. Few observers noted palpable hardness of the eye in...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2015-01-01
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| Series: | Ophthalmology and Eye Diseases |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.4137/OED.S32004 |