The Ophthalmic Record, Vol. 12: A Monthly Review of the Progress of Ophthalmology; June, 1903 (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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Excerpt from The Ophthalmic Record, Vol. 12: A Monthly Review of the Progress of Ophthalmology; June, 1903

Burnett was the first to call attention to the peculiar and remark able appearance of the conjunctivae of the negro in this disease and so complete is his description that I cannot do better than to quote it verbatim: This consists in a brownish discoloration of the con junctiyal tissue, most intense at the scleral base of the mass, and gradually fading away toward the equator of the ball. This discolor ation. Which is undoubtedly situated in the conjunctival tissue itself, as well as in the epithelial layer, is not regular in its distribution but appears to consist of a collection of small deposits of brown pigment. These deposits are sometimes collected in rather large masses, particu larly near the base of the elevation, but towards the equator they appear as small, brownish Specks in the dull and succulent conjunctiva. In some instances this brownish discoloration extends but 3 mm. From the circum - corneal elevation, while in others it reaches almost to the canthus. It does not usually extend so far towards the equator of the globe in either superior or inferior direction. In one case I have seen the whole of the conjunctiva visible through the palpebral opening present this dirty, light-brown appearance in striking contrast to the brilliant, white aspect which the sclera usually presents in this race. In every case that I have seen in the negro I observed this condition.

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