This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Reply to article  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

F. H. RODIN, M.D.

Arch Ophthal. 1944;32(4):296-300.

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text PDF and any section headings.

Heat and cold have been used as therapeutic agents from time immemorial. Although they are universally employed in the treatment of various conditions of the eye, the difficulties and hazards of adapting them to oculotherapy have kept them from earning the popularity they deserve. Essential requirements are that the desired agent be readily obtainable, easily prepared and applicable with minimum discomfort and maximum benefit. To date no satisfactory simple method has been reported in the literature. The purpose of this paper is to present a procedure that has given gratifying results.

HISTORY

Early in the history of medicine, Hippocrates (460 B. C.) wrote: "Diseases of the eye are cured by drinking wine, or by baths, or by fomentation, or by bleeding, or by purifying medicines." These principles were adhered to by his followers until Celsus (25 A. D.) voiced a problem which even today has not been fully solved.

Concerning . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
SAN FRANCISCO

From the Department of Ophthalmology of Mount Zion Hospital, and the Division of Ophthalmology of Stanford University School of Medicine.

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?