The Effect of Digitalis on the Ciliary Muscle.

Min, Kyung Hoon; Youn, Dong Ho

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1977;18(4):351-354.
Published online April 1, 1977.

The Effect of Digitalis on the Ciliary Muscle.

Kyung Hoon Min, Dong Ho Youn

Department of Ophthalmology College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.

Digitalis 가 모양체근에 미치는 영향

민경훈 , 윤동호 ( Kyung Hoon Min , Dong Ho Yoon )

Abstract

Giiiary muscle strongly resembles the heart muscle in its functional behaviour, although from the anatomic point of view, it can be considered part of the smooth or involuntary muscle system. Visual acuity, refractive state, near point of accommodation and accommodative-convergence/ accommodation were studied in 30 persons before and after instillation of 2 drops of 0.01% digitalis solution. The results showed that the chapge of near point of accommodation was significant. So the author concluded, "Digitalis favorably influences the accommodation".