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leaders in the field and it is v e r y g o o d in-

model of lucid and analytic c o m m e n t a r y a n d

d e e d to see the result of their collaboration

illustrates the value of reading the original

here in a book that greatly e n h a n c e s

our

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knowledge

Dr.

discussion

should be read in full.

these m e e t i n g s . D r .

Verhoeff

of

this

important

malady.

also d i s c u s s e s this paper and h i s final sen-

B e c k e r is p r o f e s s o r a n d head of the D e p a r t -

tence e x p l a i n s his special position in o p h -

ment of

t h a l m o l o g y today. D r s . Cordes and R u c k e r

v e r s i t y S c h o o l o f M e d i c i n e , S a i n t L o u i s , and

Ophthalmology, Washington

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present a m o s t w o r t h w h i l e historical r e v i e w

D r . S h a f e r is associate p r o f e s s o r of ophthal-

of

m o l o g y , U n i v e r s i t y of C a l i f o r n i a S c h o o l of

the A m e r i c a n Board of

Ophthalmology

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personal reminiscence. Dr.

Harrington

tailed studies of

T h e r e are 2 9 chapters d i v i d e d into eight

continues visual

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fields

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and

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his attention in this paper o n c o n g r u i t y and

sections, c o n s i s t i n g o f classification, g o n i o s copy,

tonometry

and

tonography,

ophthal-

m o s c o p y and perimetry, d i a g n o s i s and ther-

incongruity. H i s w o r k is o b v i o u s l y the last

apy, medical techniques, surgical techniques

w o r d o n this subject. D r . R u c k e r , in his d i s -

and,

section eight, an a p p e n d i x

concerned

c u s s i o n , fully supports D r . H a r r i n g t o n ' s the-

w i t h tables f o r t o n o g r a p h y and

tonometry

sis that the m o r e posterior the lesion, the

and e x a m p l e s of t o n o g r a m s . As

m o r e c o n g r u o u s the field defect. T h e three theses w h i c h conclude the v o l -

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the c o n t r o v e r s y The

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consideratonometry

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tice of

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out

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