The effect of plasma level of 5, 5-dimethyl-2, 4-oxazolidinedione (DMO) and of inhibitors of aqueous secretion on the distribution of DMO in intraocular fluids has been studied. Plasma levels of DMO from 35 to 60 mg./lOO ml. were required to obtain an appreciable excess of DMO in posterior and anterior aqueous humors compared with plasma. At plasma levels below 20 mg./lOO ml. the concentration ...

BACKGROUND The human body has simple and compound organs that obtain their nourishment through four humors. One of them is bile (yellow bile). According to Iranian traditional medicine (ITM), there are various kinds of natural medicines with their specific mechanisms of action affecting on bile in the human body. Hakim Aghili Shirazi (18th century), one of the great scholars in ITM field, intro...

Robotic systems that can undertake surgical tasks, provide assistance to the clinicians, and augment their capabilities are rapidly being developed. One of the common research areas for surgical robotics is ophthalmology. Ophthalmic procedures require increased dexterity and delicate motions in order to avert any damage caused to the visual receptors. Moreover, drug delivery for ophthalmology p...

of Indian philosophy is that man is a microcosm of the macrocosmic world that he inhabits. This implies explicitly that whatever man is made up of, the world too is made up of those same things or elements, but with different combinations and degrees. Here, by elements is meant the five mahabhutasthat is Akasa, Vayu, Tejas, Ap and Prithvi. (Ether, air, fire, water and earth proto-elements respe...

Classifications for neurological disorders have evolved from following the theory of the humors to modern anatomical pathology and, recently, to the germ theory that stared the etiological era, as seen in book content lists. The symptomatic approach towards neuronosology was widely used until the middle of the 19(th) century. The following books are representatives of this: "De Cerebri Morbis (...

1. A modified falling ball viscometer (rolling ball viscometer) for blood and other humors is presented. It is capable of easily measuring flow properties at several stresses, as is required to define satisfactorily the properties of anomalous flow systems. At high shearing stresses, apparent specific viscosity values of 2.5 + are observed, corresponding to 2.2 +/-0.2 reported as possible with ...

Epsilon-aminocaproic acid (EACA) decreases rebleeding in traumatic hyphema through antifibrinolytic activity. Therapeutic levels were achieved in aqueous humor of rabbits after topical application. Aqueous humor EACA levels were significantly higher after pretreatment with 0.5% proparacaine. Use of EACA (60%) in a carboxypolymethylene (CPM) vehicle (0.5%, 1%, 2%, 3%, and 4%) was examined. Aqueo...

Replying message to interesting letter “Emporiatrics: The Traveler Medicine’’, published in Iranian J Publ Health, which has recommended that traveler medicine will be characterized by new methods of therapy and prophylaxis (1), it may be interesting that there are some resources in Iranian Traditional Medicine (ITM) which include this topic and even some books pertain exclusively to this subje...

Caspofungin exhibits potent antifungal activities against Candida and Aspergillus species. The elimination rate and retinal toxicity of caspofungin were determined in this study to assess its pharmacokinetics and safety in the treatment of fungal endophthalmitis. Intravitreal injections of 50 μg/0.1 ml of caspofungin were administered to rabbits. Levels of caspofungin in the vitreous and aqueou...

The authors previously found that positively charged substances are less well-transported into the vitreous humor by transscleral iontophoresis than are negatively charged substances. There was more bubble formation in the eye cup with positively charged than with negatively charged substances. The authors hypothesized that these bubbles might account for the poorer conductance of the positivel...