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J. NORDMANN, M.D., Ph.D.; P. MANDEL, M.D., Ph.D.; D. IZRAELEWICZ, Ph.D.

AMA Arch Ophthalmol. 1954;52(1):42-45.

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THE PROBLEM of the respiration of the lens has been subjected to great study by Christiansen and Leinfelder. On the basis of several series of experiments, they have arrived at the conclusion that the respiration of the lens is a nonenzymatic process.

The maintenance of a normal oxygen consumption in spite of boiling the lens furnishes their principal argument. We decided it would be of interest to reexamine this important problem; therefore, we ask the following questions:

1. Does the boiled lens continue to consume oxygen?
   
2. Is this oxygen consumption of the same nature as that of the fresh lens?
   
3. What is the nature of oxygen consumption in the boiled lens?
   

Author Affiliations
STRASBOURG, FRANCE

Footnotes
Translated from the French by Dr. J. S. Friedenwald, Baltimore.

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