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System of Ophthalmology: Volume IX Diseases of the Uveal Tract
VOL. 63, NO. 2
BOOK REVIEWS REFERENCES
1. Avery, M. E. and Oppenheimer, E. H. : Recent increase in mortality from hyaline mem brane disease. J. Pediat. 57:553, 1960. 2. Strang, L. B. and MacLeish, M. H. : Ventilatory failure and right-to-left shunt in newborn infants with respiratory distress. Pediatrics, 28:17, 1961. 3. Warley, M. A. and Gairdner, D. : Respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn : Principles in treatment. Arch. Dis. Child. 37:455, 1962. 4. Prod'ham, S., Levinson, H., Cherry, R. B. and Smith, C. A. : Adjustment of ventilation, intrapulmonary gas exchange and acid-base balance during the first day of life. Pediatrics, 35:662, 1965. 5. Flower, R. and Patz, A. To be published. 6. Reese, A. B., Owens, W. C. and King, M. B. Classification of retrolental fibroplasia. Am. J. Ophth. 36:1333, 1953.
CORRESPONDENCE ADDENDUM
Editor, American Journal of Ophthalmology : I should like to add an addendum to my article "Oculoaunculovertebral dysplasia syndrome of Goldenhar" (Am. J. Ophth. 62:682 [Oct.] 1966) to the effect that chromosome studies at the Henry Ford Hospital showed no abnormalities. H. Saul Sugar Detroit, Michigan
BOOK REVIEWS SYSTEM OF OPHTHALMOLOGY: VOLUME DISEASES OF THE UVEAL TRACT. By
IX Sir
Stewart Duke-Elder, G.C.V.O., F.R.C., and Edward S. Perkins, Ph.D., M.D., F.R.C.S. St. Louis, Missouri, C. V. Mosby Company, 1966. 978 pages, 815 figures, 26 color plates, chapter references, index. Price: $44.50. Volume IX is here and Volume X is finished and so it goes. These beautiful vol umes continue to roll from the presses to bring us joy and instruction and, like the preceding volumes of the System, we can never cease to wonder. In the preparation of
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Diseases of the Uveal Tract, Sir Stewart has had the collaboration of Prof. Perkins who has accomplished so much in the exper imental studies in this field. We all are the beneficiaries of this joint effort, although one can see the hand of the old maestro on nearly every page. The subject is not an easy one for there are many, many things we still don't know. However, if we compare this volume with the similar one in the Textbook (1940) we can see that actually we have come pretty far along the road to definitive knowledge. Besides this volume is devoted exclusively to uveal diseases. In the charming biographical sketches and photographs of those who have paved the way, it is pleasing to note those of our own Alan C. Woods, Gonin Medallist; Joseph Igersheimer whom we are glad to claim; Henry Taylor Ricketts ; and Helenor Camp bell Wilder. The seven comprehensive chapters of dis eases of the uveal tract include circulatory disturbances, inflammations (great!), uveal manifestations of systemic diseases, atro phies and degeneration, cysts and tumors and ciliochoroidal detachments. The style is lovely and lucid, the illustra tions pertinent and clear, the paper and printing are the luxury to which we have become accustomed and the index is full. All of which is more than we asked for and perhaps more than we deserve. Did you know that there are 105 specific causes of uveitis ? Derrick Vail By H. B. Stallard, M.B.E., T.D., M.A., M.D., F.R.C.S. Hon. LL.D. Baltimore, the Williams and Wilkins Company, 1965 Clothbound, 951 num bered pages, 733 figures. Price : $24.50 This fourth edition of the now classic ophthalmic surgery textbook which first ap peared in 1946 is probably the most valued single book for the ophthalmic surgeon. The author, a master surgeon, is responsible not EYE SURGERY.
BOOK REVIEWS REFERENCES
1. Avery, M. E. and Oppenheimer, E. H. : Recent increase in mortality from hyaline mem brane disease. J. Pediat. 57:553, 1960. 2. Strang, L. B. and MacLeish, M. H. : Ventilatory failure and right-to-left shunt in newborn infants with respiratory distress. Pediatrics, 28:17, 1961. 3. Warley, M. A. and Gairdner, D. : Respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn : Principles in treatment. Arch. Dis. Child. 37:455, 1962. 4. Prod'ham, S., Levinson, H., Cherry, R. B. and Smith, C. A. : Adjustment of ventilation, intrapulmonary gas exchange and acid-base balance during the first day of life. Pediatrics, 35:662, 1965. 5. Flower, R. and Patz, A. To be published. 6. Reese, A. B., Owens, W. C. and King, M. B. Classification of retrolental fibroplasia. Am. J. Ophth. 36:1333, 1953.
CORRESPONDENCE ADDENDUM
Editor, American Journal of Ophthalmology : I should like to add an addendum to my article "Oculoaunculovertebral dysplasia syndrome of Goldenhar" (Am. J. Ophth. 62:682 [Oct.] 1966) to the effect that chromosome studies at the Henry Ford Hospital showed no abnormalities. H. Saul Sugar Detroit, Michigan
BOOK REVIEWS SYSTEM OF OPHTHALMOLOGY: VOLUME DISEASES OF THE UVEAL TRACT. By
IX Sir
Stewart Duke-Elder, G.C.V.O., F.R.C., and Edward S. Perkins, Ph.D., M.D., F.R.C.S. St. Louis, Missouri, C. V. Mosby Company, 1966. 978 pages, 815 figures, 26 color plates, chapter references, index. Price: $44.50. Volume IX is here and Volume X is finished and so it goes. These beautiful vol umes continue to roll from the presses to bring us joy and instruction and, like the preceding volumes of the System, we can never cease to wonder. In the preparation of
353
Diseases of the Uveal Tract, Sir Stewart has had the collaboration of Prof. Perkins who has accomplished so much in the exper imental studies in this field. We all are the beneficiaries of this joint effort, although one can see the hand of the old maestro on nearly every page. The subject is not an easy one for there are many, many things we still don't know. However, if we compare this volume with the similar one in the Textbook (1940) we can see that actually we have come pretty far along the road to definitive knowledge. Besides this volume is devoted exclusively to uveal diseases. In the charming biographical sketches and photographs of those who have paved the way, it is pleasing to note those of our own Alan C. Woods, Gonin Medallist; Joseph Igersheimer whom we are glad to claim; Henry Taylor Ricketts ; and Helenor Camp bell Wilder. The seven comprehensive chapters of dis eases of the uveal tract include circulatory disturbances, inflammations (great!), uveal manifestations of systemic diseases, atro phies and degeneration, cysts and tumors and ciliochoroidal detachments. The style is lovely and lucid, the illustra tions pertinent and clear, the paper and printing are the luxury to which we have become accustomed and the index is full. All of which is more than we asked for and perhaps more than we deserve. Did you know that there are 105 specific causes of uveitis ? Derrick Vail By H. B. Stallard, M.B.E., T.D., M.A., M.D., F.R.C.S. Hon. LL.D. Baltimore, the Williams and Wilkins Company, 1965 Clothbound, 951 num bered pages, 733 figures. Price : $24.50 This fourth edition of the now classic ophthalmic surgery textbook which first ap peared in 1946 is probably the most valued single book for the ophthalmic surgeon. The author, a master surgeon, is responsible not EYE SURGERY.