SUMMARY
This study is based on the observation of 363 patients bearing different types of Hansen's disease. In examining a patient we had no previous knowledge as to the type of leprosy to expect.
Therefore we were able to study all patients without the danger of being influenced by a previous diagnosis.
The protocol was brokendown as follows: visual acuity, facial muscle function, eyelashes, lacrimal apparatus, pupil, ocular motility, cornea sensibility, Schirmer test, a study of the anterior segment of the eye with slit-lamp. This study encompasses 363 patients, brokendown as follows: Virchowiane (275), Tuberculoide (57), lndeterminated (29) and Dimorphos (2). Ages ranged from 18 to 82: 229 men and 134 women; 183 caucasians, 157 dark skinned and 23 black.