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Robertson, D. Argyll (1837-1909)

Born 1837.

Opthalmic surgeon.

Worked in the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh.

Described;

The Argyll Robertson pupil
a small pupil with irregular margins which suggests syphilis.

The Argyll Robertson reaction
which is a reduction in the pupillary light reflex but with pupillary constriction on looking at a close object.



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