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ALSON BRALEY, M.D.

Arch Ophthal. 1940;24(4):681-690.

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Since the discovery of the inclusion bodies of trachoma by Halberstaedter and Prowazek¹ in 1907, the nature and the significance of intracellular bodies found in conjunctival epithelium have been the subjects of extensive investigation. In 1909 Stargardt² reported finding bodies similar to those described by Halberstaedter and Prowazek in an infant with gonococci-free blennorrhea, and later, in cases of gonorrheal blennorrhea, Heymann³ found large numbers of the same bodies and considered them to be products of the gonococci. Wolbach and McKee,⁴ McKee,⁵ Isabolinsky and Spassky,⁶ Lumbroso,⁷ W. S. and P. M. Duke-Elder⁸ and others described so-called inclusion bodies in normal or slightly damaged conjunctival cells, and later Gifford and Lazar⁹ reported chemically induced inclusion bodies in the conjunctival epithelial cells of guinea pigs. From time to time many of these capable workers have retracted or amended their reports, however, and there . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
DETROIT

From the Department of Ophthalmology of Wayne University, College of Medicine (Detroit), and of State University of Iowa, College of Medicine.

Footnotes
This work is part of a study conducted under a grant from the John and Mary R. Markle Foundation.

Read before the Section on Ophthalmology at the Ninety-First Annual Session of the American Medical Association, New York, June 13, 1940.

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