Ophthalmology—Tuberculous Iritis—Blinding by Direct Sunlight, &c.

Fibrinous iritis due to oxybuprocaine.

Following minor surgery performed under topical application of oxybuprocaine (Dorsacaine, Novesin) two patients suffered from fibrinous iritis and moderate corneal swelling. We believe that this represents a toxic reaction caused by an inadvertent entry of this drug into the anterior chamber during the procedure.

Ocular penetration and efficacy of chloroethyldeoxyuridine against herpetic keratouveitis.

Topical administration of 0.1% or 1% chloroethyldeoxyuridine eyedrops caused a significant reduction in the severity of experimental herpes simplex iritis and stromal keratitis in rabbits. The healing effect caused by chloroethyldeoxyuridine was comparable to that obtained with 0.1% and 0.5% bromovinylde-oxyuridine eyedrops. The drug levels achieved in the anterior chamber fluid following topic...

Iritis Boeck (sarkoid of Boeck in Iris).

Iritis in Reiter's disease: an example of the Auer principle.

Rheumatic iritis and iridocyclitis.

Every text-book of ophthalmology mentions "rheumatic" iritis and iridocyclitis, either as the sole manifestation of the rheumatic state or as one of a series of rheumatic symptoms. It appears, however, that this type of eye lesion is not associated with rheumatic conditions in general, but only with the clearly defined complaint known as ankylosing spondylitis. We have studied some thousands of...