The Family Meets the Hospital

MEGALOCORNEA IN A DANISH GIPSY FAMILY1)

“…It is interesting to apply this theory to the conditions by megalocornea, as this disease also on a different background may be regarded as an atavism; for Reiss (19) has drawn the attention to the fact that by many animals the cornea is very big in comparison with the eyeball, as is the case by human megalocornea.…”

“…been found once or twice by intracapsular extractions, (18,19). A certain atrophy of the iris is often seen, and small colobomata of the iris are not rare.…”