THE VERTEBRATE EYE

Abstract

CORRESPQNDENCE I was merely-concerned to report these cases, which I had found of interest, and to point out that though they diflered considerably in clinical appearance 'each was mnonocular, chronic in course, and revealed similar non-,specific changes on biopsy.The list of conditio'ns which Major Wright indicates may be included in Parinaud's oculoglandular syndrome lends support to his view that this syndrome is liberal in its clinical confines; it would seem that such a label can' add little information to a particular case.I took as my guide to Verhoeff's''leptothicosis conjunctivae his original paper published in 1918.As.I pointed out, the special staining for the organism waLs not carried out but the clinical course and pathological findings for my cases were so--dissimilar from the Author's description that I felt justified" in excluding this 'diagnosis.Major' Wright mentioned that the first of 'my c'ases had been previously under his care and I would like to correct any implied discourtesy in not having acknowledged this fact.Any chronic recurrent disease in a service patient tends to gravitate to a number of Army Medical Centres.It happens that the four cases under discussion were seen by one or more colleagues, to have referred to each of whom would have burdened unnecessarily a paper of small scope.Yours, etc.