[A contribution of the course of vitreous haemorrhage (author's transl)]

After some basic remarks about the physiological adhesions of the vitreous body to its surrounding structures in the anterior part of the eye (lens, ciliary body, pars plana) and the posterior part of the eye (macular, optic disc) the general history of bleeding in the vitreous body and the different possibilities of its resorption by haemolysis, phagocytosis and fibrotic transformation are discussed. Furthermore a case of a subhyaloideal haemorrhage around the posterior pole is described. The adherence of the vitreous body in the macula area, which is usually only visible by experiment or in cases with posterior vitreous detachment, is here directly documented with photographs.