Trachoma Among the Indians: Report of the Advisory Committee of the American Ophthalmological Society

Abstract

This committee report approves in the main the findings and criticisms contained in the report on Indian administration by the Institute for Government Research. Exception is taken to the idea that trachoma is a food deficiency disease. Indiscriminate resort to tarsectomy in the treatment of trachoma is condemned. Failure of the Indian service to provide adequately for medical care should be remedied by transferring the management of health matters among the Indians to the United States Public Health Service.