The early history of glaucoma: the glaucous eye (800 BC to 1050 AD)

Figures & data

Figure 1 Acute angle-closure glaucoma.

Notes: Image courtesy of Allan Bank, Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists.

Figure 2 Acute angle-closure glaucoma.

Note: Image courtesy of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (© 2014).

Figure 3 Acute angle closure glaucoma secondary to choroidal hemorrhage.

Note: © Springer and Ophthalmologe. 2005;102(11):1090–1096, Akutes Winkelblockglaukom nach massiver intraokularer Blutung bei exsudativer altersbedingter Makuladegeneration unter gerinnungshemmender Therapie [Anticoagulative therapy in patients with exudative age-related macular degeneration: acute angle closure glaucoma after massive intraocular hemorrhage], Schlote T, Freudenthaler N, Gelisken F, Figure 6, with kind permission from Springer Science and Business Media.⁵⁵

Figure 4 Acute angle closure attack due to malignant glaucoma in an eye with patent peripheral iridotomy.

Note: Reproduced from Premsenthil M, Salowi MA, Siew CM, Gudom IA, Kah TA. Spontaneous malignant glaucoma in a patient with patent peripheral iridotomy. BMC Ophthalmol. 2012;14:12:64.⁵⁶

Table 1 Number of authors using γλαυκός (glaukos) or related terms, by type of object described*

	Prose, number of authors (% total)	Verse, number of authors (% total)	Total authors (%)
Color of eyes	50 (79%)	24 (42%)	74 (62%)
Color of diseased eyes	13 (21%)	0 (0%)	13 (11%)
The sea (including several authors who described sea gods)	6 (10%)	23 (40%)	30 (17%)
Plants	5 (8%)	14 (25%)	19 (16%)
Animals	9 (14%)	9 (16%)	18 (15%)
The owl	1 (2%)	1 (2%)	2 (2%)
The moon	1 (2%)	5 (9%)	6 (5%)
Gems	2 (3%)	3 (5%)	5 (4%)
Sky (air, dawn)	3 (5%)	2 (4%)	5 (4%)
Total number of authors	63 (100%)	57 (100%)	120 (100%)

Note:

* Data from Maxwell-Stuart.²¹

SchloteTFreudenthalerNGeliskenFAkutes Winkelblockglaukom nach massiver intraokularer Blutung bei exsudativer altersbedingter Makuladegeneration unter gerinnungshemmender Therapie [Anti-coagulative therapy in patients with exudative age-related macular degeneration: acute angle closure glaucoma after massive intraocular hemorrhage]Ophthalmologe2005102111090109615526102

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PremsenthilMSalowiMASiewCMGudomIAKahTASpontaneous malignant glaucoma in a patient with patent peripheral iridotomyBMC Ophthalmol201214126423241197

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Maxwell-StuartPGStudies in Greek Colour Terminology. Vol. 1. GlaukosLeidenBrill Archive198126165

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