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Milton Best, MD; Rafael Pola, MD; Miles A. Galin, MD; Michael Blumenthal, MD

Arch Ophthalmol. 1970;84(2):200-205.

Abstract
Tonometric calibration for the rabbit eye reveals that the use of human calibration tables for the Schiøtz tonometer results in a gross underestimate of intraocular pressure in the rabbit eye. The volume of corneal indentation is significantly lower in rabbit eyes than in human eyes for all scale readings. The variable ocular rigidities for different plunger weights and at different intraocular pressures preclude the creation of standard tables of pressure-volume relationships.

Author Affiliations
New York; Jerusalem, Israel

From the departments of Ophthalmology, New York Medical College (Bird S. Coler Hospital, Center for Chronic Disease), New York (Drs. Best, Pola, and Galin), and Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel (Dr. Blumenthal).

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Dec 22, 1969.

Reprint requests to New York Medical College, Center for Chronic Disease, Bird S. Coler Hospital, Welfare Island, New York 10017 (Dr. Best).

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