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ITS RELATION TO GENERAL TUBERCULOSIS

BENJAMIN L. GORDON, M.D.

Arch Ophthal. 1944;31(6):541-556.

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There can no longer be any question that tuberculosis has prevailed from earliest times. The Old Testament perhaps refers to it when it alludes in three places to consumptive diseases (shapahath).¹ Among the symptoms are mentioned extreme wasting of the body and phthisis bulbi. In "Zechariah" the disease is described as follows : "In this shall be the plague . . . the flesh shall consume away, and the eyes shall consume away in their holes." In order to gain a clear knowledge of the history of tuberculosis of the eye, it is pertinent to present a brief historical sketch of general tuberculosis.

GENERAL REVIEW

As far back as the days of Hippocrates tuberculosis was recognized as a disease characterized by the breaking down and destruction of tissues. The name "phthisis," from the Greek word , meaning "wasting away," or "decay," was applied to this malady by Hippocrates. The father of medicine considered . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.

Footnotes
Read at a meeting of the Medical Staff of the Atlantic County Hospital for Tuberculous Diseases, Northfield, N. J., May 18, 1942.

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