CHAPTER IX 



LEPROSY, TUBERCULOSIS, AND SYPHILIS OF THE EYES 



Leprosy of the Eye. 



LEPKOSY is very frequently localized in the lids. The same charac- 

 teristic disposition of the lepra bacillus is found in the lids and in the 

 tissues of the eye as is met with in other parts of the body. Lyder 

 and Borthen's work (Leipzig, Engelmann, 1899) contains a full account 

 of the pathological 

 anatomy by Lie, in 

 which the method of 

 spread and the de- 

 monstration of the 

 lepra bacilli in the 

 eye are discussed. 

 The following works 

 can also be consulted : 

 Jeanselme and Morax 

 (' Des Manifestations 

 Oculaires de la Lepra,' 

 Ann. d'Ocul, 1898, 

 p. 312) ; Francke and 

 Delbanco (A. f. 0., 



1900, 1., p. 380) ; 

 Ulenhuth and West- 

 phal (Zent. f. Bakt., 



1901, xxix., p. 233); 

 and Meller (' Kera- 



titis Punctata Leprosa,' K. M.f. A., 1905, xliii., p. 16). From these 

 records and my own examination of preparations I come, in brief, to 

 the following conclusions: 



Large numbers of the lepra bacilli are to be found in the early stages 



1 Hansen, ' Handbuch von Kolle-Wassermann, ' 1903, ii. 193. 

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FIG. 75. LEPRA BACILLI : J LEPRA CELLS. 



