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SAMUEL L. SALTZMAN, M.D.; CHARLES HAIG, Ph.D.

Arch Ophthal. 1950;43(3):419-430.

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THE UNSATISFACTORY status of the current treatment of retinitis pigmentosa is too well known to need emphasis; hence any treatment reliably reported to be effective is worthy of investigation. It is the purpose of the present study to evaluate the treatment with cod liver oil and placental implantations which was reported by Filatov and his co-workers¹ to be highly successful. A brief survey of the literature follows. For a more complete history, the reader is referred to the valuable papers of Gordon.²

The theory that the disease is dependent on choroidal sclerosis and attenuation of the retinal arteries has led to various attempts at vasodilation. Duke-Elder³ summarized the host of experiments in this direction by stating that, "while their practice frequently leads to some transient improvement, doubtless owing to the increased circulation and metabolic activity excited in the eye, the ultimate results have been disappointing." Biró,⁴ . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, New York Medical College; Associate Professor of Physiology and Biochemistry, New York Medical College NEW YORK

Footnotes
Dr. M. A. Greenwood, resident in ophthalmology at Seaview Hospital, assisted in preparing the bibliography.

A preliminary account of this study was presented to the American Society of Zoologists in December 1946 (Anat. Rec. 96:23, 1946) and to the American Physiological Society in March 1947 (Federation Proc. 6:119, 1947).

This investigation was made with the assistance of a grant from the Committee on Therapeutic Research, Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry, of the American Medical Association. The American-Soviet Medical Society and several private contributors supplied additional funds.

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