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Arch Ophthalmol. 2007;125(11):1552.

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Chronic serpiginous ulcer of the cornea (Mooren's ulcer).

Mr Nettleship read this paper. The terms "chronic serpiginous ulcer" or "Mooren's ulcer" are preferable to "ulcus rodens," which is another name for rodent epithelioma. . . . 

Bowman was the first to describe a case in detail (1849), but Mooren rightly has the credit of discovering the disease as a clinically distinct species in 1867. . . . 

The course of the disease strongly suggests infection, but no special microorganism has yet been found. . . . 

Three cases of keratitis in the new-born, occurring after instrumental delivery, and resulting in each case in an almost identical rare form of opacity. . . . 

 . . . three corneae out of the four presented opacities in the anterior corneal layers, with dulling of the surface, but no vascularity. . . . the opacities, instead of remaining as central nebulae, developed into a white central, vertical, linear scar with an adjacent area of much fainter haze.

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