Lectures on the Scientific Basis of Medicine

The symposium opens with a chapter by Dvorak-Theobald on the histology of tissues surrounding the angle of the anterior chamber, and this is followed by a chapter on pathology.A series of illustrations shows the changes which are to be expected in the collagenous tissue of the trabeculh and sclera.Swann contributes a chapter on surgical anatomy in relation to glau- coma, and there are many practical details with regard to incisions made at the limbal area with a view to producing filtration.He also has a chapter on the miotic treatment of glaucoma, reviewing the current concepts of hypotensive mechanisms, and includes a classification of miotic drugs in accordance with their pharma- cological effects.Bernard Becker writes a chapter on aqueous production and flow, and another on provocative tests and their effect on tono- graphy.The first is largely biochemical, showing the excellent agreement obtained by completely independent approaches to the problem cf estimating the rate of secretion of aqueous humour, and the second evaluates the various provocative tests to show that, combined with tonography, they provide a useful addition to established methods for early detection.Morton Grant discusses aqueous production and flow in the normal and glaucomatous eye,