00888nas a2200205   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001700055653001100072653002600083653002600109653001100135653001200146100001400158245004000172300001200212490000600224520043800230022001400668       1975                            d  c1975 Aug10aEye diseases10aHawaii10aHistory, 19th Century10aHistory, 20th Century10aHumans10aleprosy1 aBrown D H00aOcular leprosy in Hawaii: the past.  a1025-300 v73 a<p>Leprosy in Hawaii dates back to about 1840. The first recorded ocular leprosy is from the 1880s. Robert Louis Stevenson and Jack London both wrote descriptions of the ocular signs of leprosy. Pinkerton in 1927 and Van Poole in 1934 reported large series of patients with ocular leprosy. In 1973 there were about 2,168 cases of leprosy in the 50 states. Most ophthalmologists practice in areas where there are leprosy patients.</p>  a0003-4886