Open AccessEdward J Curran and pupillary obstruction
Author(s) -
Lowe Ronald F,
Eliot. TS
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-1606
pISSN - 0814-9763
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1994.tb00794.x
Subject(s) - curran , relation (database) , sketch , closure (psychology) , glaucoma , medicine , pupil , optometry , ophthalmology , philosophy , psychoanalysis , psychology , law , political science , computer science , neuroscience , biology , botany , algorithm , database
Purpose: To present the importance of the concepts of Edward J Curran in relation to primary angle‐closure glaucoma, and include a biographical sketch.Method: An historical method is adopted.Results: Curran's propositions of pupillary obstruction and its relief by peripheral iridotomy were conceded only after 30 years, and had to await laser surgery for fulfilment.Conclusions: Edward J Curran's name should be enshrined in the history of ophthalmology.