By way of introduction it is necessary to state that recently the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness invited a number of New York ophthalmologists to constitute a glaucoma committee to undertake a campaign for reducing the percentage of blindness due to glaucoma.
So far the essential points of this task are :
To survey glaucoma work in ophthalmic clinics.
To disseminate knowledge on glaucoma among patients, general practitioners, social workers, nurses and all agencies interested in the prevention of blindness.
To urge the authorities in medical schools to allot sufficient time for teaching students the subject of prevention of blindness due to accidents and especially glaucoma.
To establish a glaucoma bureau or exchange which, among other activities, will make a census of all the cases of glaucoma in the clinics of greater New York and coordinate the material in such a way as to reduce the percentage of blindness