Anterior Chamber Depth of Eyes of Full Blood Aborigines at a Reserve in Sooth Australia

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SummaryInterest has been focused on the variable incidence of acute angle closure glaucoma in different races and geographic areas around the world for the better understanding of the disease. It has not been described in the Australian aborigine. Considering its important role as a precursor to the disease the anterior‐chamber depth has been measured in 358 aboriginal eyes by pachometry. The range of values has been found to be similar to an Australian European group (Lowe, 1970) and 4% were less than 2–5 mm., considered “at risk” of developing angle closure glaucoma. The depth of the anterior chamber decreased with age, more so in the male than in the female. The younger male has a deeper AC depth, which becomes more shallow with age, so that after 60 years, it is less than the AC depth of the female.