title: Prominent ophthalmologists who suffered from acute glaucoma.
abstract: We know of at least four ophthalmologists who suffered from glaucoma had to be treated. I would like to discuss them according to degree of severity of the disease. The first ophthalmologist was hardly bothered at all whereas the fourth one became blind in both eyes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242.
authors.forename: F C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Blodi
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000266:history*