In 1956, Mundt and Hughes used an A-scan on an intraocular tumor, demonstrating the possible use of ultrasound in ophthalmology. Soon a body of research developed on the sound velocities of various tissues and compartments of the eye, and in the 1960s, ultrasound began to be used to measure distances in the eye. B-scan instruments developed in the 1970s, were originally used through closed eyel...

Pterygia are common ocular surface lesions thought to originate from limbal stem cells altered by chronic UV exposure. Traditionally regarded as a degenerative condition, pterygia also display tumor-like features, such as a propensity to invade normal tissue and high recurrence rates following resection, and may coexist with secondary premalignant lesions. This study was initiated to determine ...

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F.R.C.S., and W. A. rrost, F.R.C.S. London: Cassell & Co. 1887. The book before us well maintains the excellent reputation of The Clinical Manuals for Practitioners and Students of Medicine. Our authors are well-known ophthalmic surgeons, thoroughly competent to write upon their speciality, both from large practical experience and from wide literary knowledge of it. This volume is very readable...