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Tropical Nutritional Amblyopia (“camp eyes“) (Part 1 of 2)

Tropical Nutritional Amblyopia (“camp eyes“) (Part 1 of 2) T r o p ic a l N u t r i ti o n a l A m b ly o p ia (“ c a m p e y e s“ ). By H. M. DEKKING (Batavia, Java). Nature, that most unscrupulous vivisectionist, has just fin­ ished one of her greatest experiments: a war. Of all her vast laboratories, the South East Asia theater of w ar has yielded some very remarkable results from an ophthalmological standpoint. Hundreds of thousands of men, women and children have been kept in cages for almost four years, and have been subjected to all kinds of deficient diets and to incredible physical and mental strains. Under these circumstances, the interesting disease developed called “camp eyes” (kampoogen) by the Dutch, which, though it may have occurred formerly, never before has been seen on such an extensive scale, and never before in a population of enough intelligence to allow a thorough examination. Definition. Camp eyes is a form of chronic amblyopia ac­ companied by central, paracentral or other forms of scotomata for which no other aetiology can be found than the abnormal conditions of living in the concentration camps. (Later, a n ar­ http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Ophthalmologica Karger

Tropical Nutritional Amblyopia (“camp eyes“) (Part 1 of 2)

Dekking, H.M.
Ophthalmologica , Volume 113 (2): 14 – Jan 1, 2010
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© 1947 S. Karger AG, Basel
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0030-3755
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T r o p ic a l N u t r i ti o n a l A m b ly o p ia (“ c a m p e y e s“ ). By H. M. DEKKING (Batavia, Java). Nature, that most unscrupulous vivisectionist, has just fin­ ished one of her greatest experiments: a war. Of all her vast laboratories, the South East Asia theater of w ar has yielded some very remarkable results from an ophthalmological standpoint. Hundreds of thousands of men, women and children have been kept in cages for almost four years, and have been subjected to all kinds of deficient diets and to incredible physical and mental strains. Under these circumstances, the interesting disease developed called “camp eyes” (kampoogen) by the Dutch, which, though it may have occurred formerly, never before has been seen on such an extensive scale, and never before in a population of enough intelligence to allow a thorough examination. Definition. Camp eyes is a form of chronic amblyopia ac­ companied by central, paracentral or other forms of scotomata for which no other aetiology can be found than the abnormal conditions of living in the concentration camps. (Later, a n ar­

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