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Show ' 1 i Opwn ' I " 11 ? ?r K d .SAjWgp5 ,j Ummf? ''U-AkHfc r MWi'i' ' ' ii' ; '.' :j fj CSU STUDY. Delin Roundy, Gary Pfaffenberger and Dr. Garth Chatter-ley, Chatter-ley, left to right, and Dr. Wesley Lar- sen standing behind, work with rab- ! bit in special study on Glaucoma at ! College of Southern Utah. ! Rabbits Are Used in Glaucoma Studies I ,ed. Funding for the glaucoma project is supplied by the Southern Utah Foundation. A special donation of $100 has been made by Maeser Dalley, Cedar City businessman. At least five southern Utah rabbits will not be participating participat-ing in Easter bunny activities this year. They are being used in special glaucoma studies now under way at College of Southern Utah under xhe supervision sup-ervision of Dr. Garth Chatter-ley, Chatter-ley, Cedar City ophthalmologist. ophthalmolo-gist. Dr. Chatterley is one of eight Cedar City physicians who have contributed their time to teaching assignments at CSU this year. He became so interested in-terested in his students that he proposed a research project pro-ject in which some of the them might participate. With the cooperation of Dr. Wesley Larsen, dean of the CSU school of science, Dr. Chatterley is guiding a group of zoology majors in testing rabbits for glaucoma symptoms sympt-oms after ?xposure to a variety var-iety of drugs. The students are trained to administer the drugs and to test the reaction reac-tion of each rabbit by using a tonometer, a device used by opthalmologists to mesure the pressure in the eye. The animals ani-mals are anethetized for the procedure. Dr. Chatterley said that he is ; attempting " to determine with thohelp-of the students, which drugs most effectively reduce eye pressure. He explained ex-plained that rabbits are especially es-pecially suitable subjects because be-cause their eyes are much the same as those of humans. Also, Al-so, they have unusually dark irises which make it easier to observe eye fluctuations. Glaucoma is a serious eye condition that affects one of every 50 Americans over 40 years of age. If not treated it causes permanent blindness. A simple test is available to detect de-tect the presence of glaucoma and if treatment is started in time, damage can be prevent- |