What was Glaucoma Called before the 20th Century?

What was Glaucoma Called before the 20th Century?

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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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Main Authors: Christopher T. Leffler, Stephen G. Schwartz, Francesca M. Giliberti, Matthew T. Young, Dennis Bermudez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2015-01-01
Series:Ophthalmology and Eye Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4137/OED.S32004
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spelling doaj-5989d5d93f2344deb4810bbf678f08ff2020-11-25T00:07:00ZengSAGE PublishingOphthalmology and Eye Diseases1179-17212015-01-01710.4137/OED.S32004What was Glaucoma Called before the 20th Century?Christopher T. Leffler0Stephen G. Schwartz1Francesca M. Giliberti2Matthew T. Young3Dennis Bermudez4Department of Ophthalmology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.Department of Ophthalmology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.Department of Ophthalmology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.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 amaurosis. On the other hand, angle-closure glaucoma can produce a green or gray pupil, and therefore was called, variously, glaucoma (derived from the Greek for glaucous, a nonspecific term connoting blue, green, or light gray) and viriditate oculi. Angle closure, with palpable hardness of the eye, mydriasis, and anterior prominence of the lens, was described in greater detail in the 18th and 19th centuries. The introduction of the ophthalmoscope in 1850 permitted the visualization of the excavated optic neuropathy in eyes with a normal or with a dilated greenish-gray pupil. Physicians developed a better appreciation of the role of intraocular pressure in both conditions, which became subsumed under the rubric “glaucoma”.https://doi.org/10.4137/OED.S32004
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Dennis Bermudez
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description 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 amaurosis. On the other hand, angle-closure glaucoma can produce a green or gray pupil, and therefore was called, variously, glaucoma (derived from the Greek for glaucous, a nonspecific term connoting blue, green, or light gray) and viriditate oculi. Angle closure, with palpable hardness of the eye, mydriasis, and anterior prominence of the lens, was described in greater detail in the 18th and 19th centuries. The introduction of the ophthalmoscope in 1850 permitted the visualization of the excavated optic neuropathy in eyes with a normal or with a dilated greenish-gray pupil. Physicians developed a better appreciation of the role of intraocular pressure in both conditions, which became subsumed under the rubric “glaucoma”.
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