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International Council of Ophthalmology and International Federation of Ophthalmological Societies
AMERICAN
JOURNAL
Published
Monthly
OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
by the Ophthalmic
Publishing
Company
EDITORIAL STAFF DERRICK V A I L ,
J A M E S E . LEBENSOHN
Editor-in-Chief
4010 West Madison Street, Chicago 24
700 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago 11 A L A N C. WOODS, Consulting
DONALD J. LYLE
Editor
411 Oak Street, Cincinnati 19
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore 5 BERNARD BECKER
W I L L I A M A. M A N N
640 South Kingshighway, Saint Louis 10
30 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago 2
W I L L I A M L. BENEDICT
A. EDWARD M A U M E N E E
IS Second Street, S.W., Rochester, Minnesota
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore 5
FREDERICK C. CORDES
P.
384 Post Street, San Francisco 8
ROBB M C D O N A L D
Lankenau Medical Building, Philadelphia 31
SIR STEWART D U K E - E L D E R
F R A N K W . NEWELL
63 Harley Street, London, W . l
9S0 East 59th Street, Chicago 37
E D W I N B. D U N P H Y
J O H N V. V. NICHOLLS
243 Charles Street, Boston 14
1414 Drummond Street, Montreal
F . HERBERT HAESSLER
ALGERNON B. REESE
561 North ISth Street, Milwaukee 3
73 East 71st Street, New York 21
PARKER H E A T H
P H I L L I P S THYGESON
Sullivan Harbor, Maine
220 Meridian Road San Jose 26, California
S. RODMAN IRVINE
9730 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, California
M. U R I B E TRONCOSO
215 West 92nd Street, New York 25
K A T H E R I N E FERGUSON CHALKLEY, Manuscript
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
Editor
Directors: W I L L I A M L. BENEDICT, President; FREDERICK C. CORDES, Vice-President; W I L L I A M M A N N , Secretary and T r e a s u r e r ; ALGERNON B. REESE, DERRICK V A I L , A L A N C WOODS.
A.
_ Address original papers, other scientific communications including correspondence, also books for review to Dr. Derrick Vail, 700 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago 11, Illinois; Society Proceedings to Mrs. Katherine F. Chalkley, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Manuscripts should be original copies, typed in double space, with wide margins. Exchange copies of the medical journals should be sent to Dr. F. Herbert Haessler 561 North 15th Street, Milwaukee 3, Wisconsin. Subscriptions, application for single copies, notices of changes of address, and communications with reference to advertising should be addressed to the Manager of Subscriptions and Advertising, 664 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago 11, Illinois. Copy of advertisements must be sent.to the manager by the 10th of the month preceding its appearance. Change of address notice should be received not later than the 10th of the month prior to the issue for which the change is to go into effect. Both old and new addresses should be given. Author's proofs should be corrected and returned within forty-eight hours to the Manuscript Editor, Mrs. Katherine P. Chalkley, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Fifty reprints of each article will be sup plied to the author without charge. Additional reprints may be obtained from the printer, the George Banta Company, Inc., 450-458 Ahnaip Street, Menasha, Wisconsin, if ordered at the time proofs are returned. But reprints to contain colored plates must be ordered when the article is accepted.
INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF OPHTHALMOLOGICAL SOCIETIES A m e e t i n g o f t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o u n c i l of O p h t h a l m o l o g y w a s held d u r i n g t h e X V I I I I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o n g r e s s of O p h t h a l m o l o g y in B r u s s e l s , o n S e p t e m b e r 6, 1 9 5 8 . T h e f o l l o w i n g is a b r i e f r e s u m e of t h e more important business. 1. Report of the treasurer. T h e financial p o s i t i o n of t h e c o u n c i l w a s r e p o r t e d to b e
satisfactory. T h e contribution t o t h e Council f o r I n t e r n a t i o n a l O r g a n i z a t i o n s of M e d i c a l Sciences came u n d e r review. H i t h e r t o t h e C I O M S r e c e i v e d 100 U . S . d o l l a r s a n n u a l l y f r o m t h e council a n d each i n t e r n a t i o n a l c o n g r e s s p a i d 5 0 0 d o l l a r s t o t h e s a m e b o d y . Tn view of t h e increased subsidy desired b y t h e C I O A i S , the council u n d e r t o o k t o p a y 300 110
EDITORIALS U. S. dollars annually and hoped to recoup itself to the extent of 500 dollars from each international congress. Great regret was ex pressed at the resignation of Amsler from the post of treasurer which he had filled for eight years with much distinction. 2. It was considered desirable to give more publicity to the Report on Ophthalmological Education throughout the world, presented to the council in 1954. This report will be published in the British Journal of Ophthal mology and a reprint will be sent to all uni versities with a faculty of medicine. 3. It was decided that the recently formed European Society of Ophthalmology would be represented on the international council; Francois was accepted as the delegate. This society, which has been joined by all coun tries in Europe except Bulgaria and Russia, will hold its first congress in Athens in April, 1960. 4. The Index Ophthalmologicus (1958) was distributed gratuitously to all members attending the XVIII International Congress at Brussels. Further copies of this volume are obtainable through Dr. A. C. Copper (Coehoornsingel 42, Zutphen, Holland). 5. The Multilingual Ophthalmological Dictionary, published under the auspices of the council, will be on sale early in 1959; the publisher is S. Karger, Basel. A meeting of the International Federation of Ophthalmological Societies was held in Brussels on September 8, 1958. The recommendations of the international council were in general approved. The fol lowing is a brief resume of the other busi ness. 1. It was decided that the subscriptions paid by affiliated societies should remain at the present figure of one-half Swiss franc per member per annum. 2. The new statutes put forward in the in ternational congress of 1954 in Montreal were adopted with the modification that the national committee organizing the interna tional congress would have the right to re
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fuse to accept communications submitted to it in order that the number of such commun ications could be reduced and their standard raised. 3. Two reports already passed by the in ternational council were accepted by the fed eration. In the testing of the color sense in transport workers by isochromatic plates, the Swedish test, Bostrom (B II 1950) was admitted, as well as the test of Ishihara. A report on visual safety on trunk roads con cluded that trees bordering them or adver tisements, if not too numerous, gave rise to no danger from the visual point of view. 4. The ophthalmological societies of Burma and Tunis were accepted as members of the international federation. 5. It was decided that the XIX Interna tional Congress should be held in India at New Delhi in 1962. 6. The new international council. Office bearers to the international council and the replacements of five of the 10 ordinary members were elected to hold office during the next four years. The new council con sists of the following: Sir Stewart DukeElder (president) ; C. Berens (vice-presi dent) ; E. Hartmann (secretary) ; B. Streiff (treasurer). Members: Arruga (Barcelona), Palomino Dena (Mexico), Espildora Luque (Santi ago, Chile), Lyle (London), Melanowski (Warsaw), MacDonald (Toronto), Miiller (Bonn), Paufique (Paris), Uyemura (To kyo), Weve (Utrecht). Ex offkio. Bietti (International Associa tion for the Prevention of Blindness) ; Franceschetti (International Organization Against Trachoma) ; Payne (Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology) ; Frangois (Pan-European Society of Ophthalmol ogy) ; Coppez (president of the last con gress) ; the president of the next congress ; Copper (secretary for the Index Ophthal mologicus) . Stewart Duke-Elder.
JOURNAL
Published
Monthly
OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
by the Ophthalmic
Publishing
Company
EDITORIAL STAFF DERRICK V A I L ,
J A M E S E . LEBENSOHN
Editor-in-Chief
4010 West Madison Street, Chicago 24
700 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago 11 A L A N C. WOODS, Consulting
DONALD J. LYLE
Editor
411 Oak Street, Cincinnati 19
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore 5 BERNARD BECKER
W I L L I A M A. M A N N
640 South Kingshighway, Saint Louis 10
30 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago 2
W I L L I A M L. BENEDICT
A. EDWARD M A U M E N E E
IS Second Street, S.W., Rochester, Minnesota
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore 5
FREDERICK C. CORDES
P.
384 Post Street, San Francisco 8
ROBB M C D O N A L D
Lankenau Medical Building, Philadelphia 31
SIR STEWART D U K E - E L D E R
F R A N K W . NEWELL
63 Harley Street, London, W . l
9S0 East 59th Street, Chicago 37
E D W I N B. D U N P H Y
J O H N V. V. NICHOLLS
243 Charles Street, Boston 14
1414 Drummond Street, Montreal
F . HERBERT HAESSLER
ALGERNON B. REESE
561 North ISth Street, Milwaukee 3
73 East 71st Street, New York 21
PARKER H E A T H
P H I L L I P S THYGESON
Sullivan Harbor, Maine
220 Meridian Road San Jose 26, California
S. RODMAN IRVINE
9730 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, California
M. U R I B E TRONCOSO
215 West 92nd Street, New York 25
K A T H E R I N E FERGUSON CHALKLEY, Manuscript
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
Editor
Directors: W I L L I A M L. BENEDICT, President; FREDERICK C. CORDES, Vice-President; W I L L I A M M A N N , Secretary and T r e a s u r e r ; ALGERNON B. REESE, DERRICK V A I L , A L A N C WOODS.
A.
_ Address original papers, other scientific communications including correspondence, also books for review to Dr. Derrick Vail, 700 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago 11, Illinois; Society Proceedings to Mrs. Katherine F. Chalkley, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Manuscripts should be original copies, typed in double space, with wide margins. Exchange copies of the medical journals should be sent to Dr. F. Herbert Haessler 561 North 15th Street, Milwaukee 3, Wisconsin. Subscriptions, application for single copies, notices of changes of address, and communications with reference to advertising should be addressed to the Manager of Subscriptions and Advertising, 664 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago 11, Illinois. Copy of advertisements must be sent.to the manager by the 10th of the month preceding its appearance. Change of address notice should be received not later than the 10th of the month prior to the issue for which the change is to go into effect. Both old and new addresses should be given. Author's proofs should be corrected and returned within forty-eight hours to the Manuscript Editor, Mrs. Katherine P. Chalkley, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Fifty reprints of each article will be sup plied to the author without charge. Additional reprints may be obtained from the printer, the George Banta Company, Inc., 450-458 Ahnaip Street, Menasha, Wisconsin, if ordered at the time proofs are returned. But reprints to contain colored plates must be ordered when the article is accepted.
INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF OPHTHALMOLOGICAL SOCIETIES A m e e t i n g o f t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o u n c i l of O p h t h a l m o l o g y w a s held d u r i n g t h e X V I I I I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o n g r e s s of O p h t h a l m o l o g y in B r u s s e l s , o n S e p t e m b e r 6, 1 9 5 8 . T h e f o l l o w i n g is a b r i e f r e s u m e of t h e more important business. 1. Report of the treasurer. T h e financial p o s i t i o n of t h e c o u n c i l w a s r e p o r t e d to b e
satisfactory. T h e contribution t o t h e Council f o r I n t e r n a t i o n a l O r g a n i z a t i o n s of M e d i c a l Sciences came u n d e r review. H i t h e r t o t h e C I O M S r e c e i v e d 100 U . S . d o l l a r s a n n u a l l y f r o m t h e council a n d each i n t e r n a t i o n a l c o n g r e s s p a i d 5 0 0 d o l l a r s t o t h e s a m e b o d y . Tn view of t h e increased subsidy desired b y t h e C I O A i S , the council u n d e r t o o k t o p a y 300 110
EDITORIALS U. S. dollars annually and hoped to recoup itself to the extent of 500 dollars from each international congress. Great regret was ex pressed at the resignation of Amsler from the post of treasurer which he had filled for eight years with much distinction. 2. It was considered desirable to give more publicity to the Report on Ophthalmological Education throughout the world, presented to the council in 1954. This report will be published in the British Journal of Ophthal mology and a reprint will be sent to all uni versities with a faculty of medicine. 3. It was decided that the recently formed European Society of Ophthalmology would be represented on the international council; Francois was accepted as the delegate. This society, which has been joined by all coun tries in Europe except Bulgaria and Russia, will hold its first congress in Athens in April, 1960. 4. The Index Ophthalmologicus (1958) was distributed gratuitously to all members attending the XVIII International Congress at Brussels. Further copies of this volume are obtainable through Dr. A. C. Copper (Coehoornsingel 42, Zutphen, Holland). 5. The Multilingual Ophthalmological Dictionary, published under the auspices of the council, will be on sale early in 1959; the publisher is S. Karger, Basel. A meeting of the International Federation of Ophthalmological Societies was held in Brussels on September 8, 1958. The recommendations of the international council were in general approved. The fol lowing is a brief resume of the other busi ness. 1. It was decided that the subscriptions paid by affiliated societies should remain at the present figure of one-half Swiss franc per member per annum. 2. The new statutes put forward in the in ternational congress of 1954 in Montreal were adopted with the modification that the national committee organizing the interna tional congress would have the right to re
111
fuse to accept communications submitted to it in order that the number of such commun ications could be reduced and their standard raised. 3. Two reports already passed by the in ternational council were accepted by the fed eration. In the testing of the color sense in transport workers by isochromatic plates, the Swedish test, Bostrom (B II 1950) was admitted, as well as the test of Ishihara. A report on visual safety on trunk roads con cluded that trees bordering them or adver tisements, if not too numerous, gave rise to no danger from the visual point of view. 4. The ophthalmological societies of Burma and Tunis were accepted as members of the international federation. 5. It was decided that the XIX Interna tional Congress should be held in India at New Delhi in 1962. 6. The new international council. Office bearers to the international council and the replacements of five of the 10 ordinary members were elected to hold office during the next four years. The new council con sists of the following: Sir Stewart DukeElder (president) ; C. Berens (vice-presi dent) ; E. Hartmann (secretary) ; B. Streiff (treasurer). Members: Arruga (Barcelona), Palomino Dena (Mexico), Espildora Luque (Santi ago, Chile), Lyle (London), Melanowski (Warsaw), MacDonald (Toronto), Miiller (Bonn), Paufique (Paris), Uyemura (To kyo), Weve (Utrecht). Ex offkio. Bietti (International Associa tion for the Prevention of Blindness) ; Franceschetti (International Organization Against Trachoma) ; Payne (Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology) ; Frangois (Pan-European Society of Ophthalmol ogy) ; Coppez (president of the last con gress) ; the president of the next congress ; Copper (secretary for the Index Ophthal mologicus) . Stewart Duke-Elder.