By M. VICTOR SAFFORD, MD Of the US Public Health Service. The conspicuous ravages of
trachoma or Oriental ophthalmia in many tropical and sub-tropical countries certainly justify …

GENERAL The program of the Health Section of the Shiraz Regional Team, working in Fars
under the Technical Co-operation for Iran (Point Four) involved, among other services, the …

MEDICAL treatment has undergone revolutionary changes since the recent discovery of
many new therapeutic agents, and this progress has been fully shared by ophthalmology …

The early Egyptians do not appear to have given any special pathologic attribute to granular
conjunctivitis, but they treated certain ophthalmias with the salts of copper—acetate …

Prevalence of Trachoma and other Common Eye Diseases. A Survey in a Group of Villages.
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Since historical facts have great influence upon trachoma in Nara district (Japan) some
attention must be given to them. According to ancient Japanese history, about 2,614 years …

The English summary appended to the paper is as follows:-" Although it has been reported
in Japan that trachoma morbidity in cities is lower than in farming and fishing villages, the …

Epidemiological aspects. The decline of trachoma in the United States of America during the
past twenty years has been remarkable. Previous to that time, trachoma had been rampant …

World Health Organization (WHO) carried out a survey recently. This survey consisted in a
questionnaire to some of its Member States to try to define the importance and world …

Based upon clinical experience and available literature there is evidence that trachoma is
hyperendemic in Saudi Arabia. Health services have not yet dealt with this problem. The …