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MANSOUR F. ARMALY, M.D.; MELVIN L. RUBIN, M.D.

Arch Ophthalmol. 1961;65(3):415-423.

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In a preceding publication,¹ the calculated C value of tonography was shown to be significantly affected by whether the eye, during tonography, was in the accommodated or relaxed state. The C values obtained during accommodation were significantly larger. Furthermore, attentive fixation of the "fixation-light" of the slit lamp for 4 min. was shown to be an adequate stimulus of accommodation: The chamber angle depth was increased and the Schiøtz pressure reading was reduced after that procedure.

The applanation tonometer of Goldmann provides a measure of the intraocular pressure, which is independent of the coefficient of ocular rigidity of the eye. In this procedure the fixation-light of the slit lamp is used to help maintain the eye in a constant position. Using this technique, Goldmann described a progressive reduction in intraocular pressure on repeated applanation tonometry. The reduction continued over a period of minutes until a steady state was attained . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Iowa City

From the Department of Ophthalmology, State University of Iowa, University Hospital, Iowa City.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Sept. 9, 1960.

This investigation was supported in part by research Grant B-1689 from the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness U.S. Public Health Service.

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