[The study of ocular tuberculosis during the 19th and early 20th century].

During the 19th and early 20th century the achievements in the study of ocular tuberculosis were of great significance. The development of pathological anatomy in those years helped physicians to understand the histological image and the pathophysiology of the disease and allowed the scientists to detect the specific anatomical structures of the eye, where the disease could be present. The physicians of those years tried to describe the clinical image of the disease and to give value information, in order to facilitate the diagnosis. Despite major efforts made in the field of clinical approach to ocular tuberculosis, the treatment of the disease in those years was not very effective. Nevertheless, the physicians of the time used every new pharmacological or not pharmacological treatment to fight the disease.