Abstract
The occurrence of ocular complications in patients with diabetes mellitus has been reported frequently,1the one most commonly observed being cataract.2Recently Chaikoff and Lachman3reported the occurrence of cataract in depancreatized dogs. The animals observed were diabetic for periods of from one year to two years and eight months. The observations suggest that the duration of the diabetes is a factor in the development of cataract, as the dogs that were diabetic for only one year had normal lenses. No other ocular changes were mentioned in the paper. Van Noorden and Isaac,4in discussing changes in the eyes in diabetic patients, concluded that the changes affected those tissues that were nourished osmotically. They made no mention of the cornea, although if their premise is correct the vitreous and cornea should be included in the tissues liable to such changes. The only reference, to
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