Glaucous

 

 

 

 

 

 The word glaucoma comes from Greek glaukos = bluish-green / gray.

Used to describe eyes with cloudy or greenish appearance causing blindness. 

Mentioned by Hippocrates

 

 

Glaucoma 

 

 

 

 

 

Types Of Glaucoma  

 

 

 

Treatment For Glaucoma 

 

 

 

                                                        Medical Treatment For Glaucoma

 

 First Drug To Treat Glaucoma 

 

 Miotics: Pilocarpine 

Pilocarpine was isolated in 1874 from the Brazilian jaborandi plant by Schmiedeberg and Harnack, became one of the first drugs used to treat glaucoma, and remains in use today as a classic parasympathomimetic agent. 

 

 

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