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might be placed in his hands; and a subscription paper drawn up and circulated soon bore the names of 35 or 40 prominent members of the Section. Such subscriptions may still be. sent to Dr. Howe at 520 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, N. Y. The sum raised will be sent as certificates by means of which the holders can draw on the food supplies established by America in Vienna, for the relief of the starving victims of military ambition and national folly. The officers for the Section chosen for the coming year are: Chairman, James Bordley of Baltimore; Vicechairman, Marcus Feingold, New Orleans; Secretary, George S. Derby, of Boston; Member of the House of Delegates, Lee M. Francis of Buffalo. Dr. Hiram Woods, being ineligible for a third successive term, Dr. Albert E. Bulson, Jr. of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was chosen to represent the Section on the American Board for Ophthalmic Examinations. E. J. A N E W JOURNAL The field of physiologic optics furnishes a large part of the basis for the practical work of the ophthalmologist, and has large interest for the physicist, the physiologist, the optometrist, and the manufacturing optician. In the wide domain of ophthalmology it offers the best opportunity for specialization in journalism. There are many questions that interest different groups of workers, the discussion's of which by members of different groups from different viewpoints must be of great advantage. The appearance of a new journal devoted to this especial field h therefore to be welcomed. The new venture, called "AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGICAL OPTICS," is
edited by Charles Sheard, A. M., Ph D., and published by the Research Division of the American Optical Company. The first number bears the date, January, 1920, altho considerably delayed in its appearance. It is to be issued quarterly. It is well printed on good paper, with clear, pertinent illustrations. We congratulate its sponsors on such an auspicious beginning.
By the contents of the first number we cannot judge its ultimate value to science. But we can see the direction in which it starts out; and if it holds to this course and receives the proper sup port, it will be both creditable to American Science, and useful to all who make ophthalmology their professional work. After a couple of editorials setting forth the purpose of the publication, comes a historical paper on "Thomas Young, the Father of Physiological Optics," by the Editor. Next we have "Eyestrain in Relation to Occupations," by George M. Gould. "A Comparison of Photoelectric Cells and the Eye," W. W. Coblentz; and "The Value and Limitations of Perimetric Methods of Study," by Luther C. Peter, complete the department of original papers. Under Abstracts and Reviews are given two excellent condensations of papers published in this Journal by Dr. Howard on "A Test for the Judgment of Distance," and by Dr. Lloyd Mills on "The Effects of Faulty Craniospinal Form and Alignment Upon the Eyes." We shall be glad to reciprocate by presenting in abstract some of its original papers; and welcome this Journal as a collaborator in its chosen field of usefulness. E. J. BOOK N O T I C E S Syphilis und Auge. (Syphilis and the Eye) von Prof. Dr. Josef Igersheimer, Goettingen. 8vo. 625 pages. 150 illustration, some in colors. Berlin, Julius Springer, 1918. Few of the books of recent years possess such eminently scientific and practical value to the ophthalmologist; and, resulting therefrom, such importance to his patients as Syphilis and the Eye by Igersheimer. Too often has the specialist been taunted with the frequently only too well merited reproach, that his syphilitic patients are not thoroly treated. This and the tremendous changes of the last ten or fifteen years in our views of syphilis, and in the principles guiding its treatment, prevention, diagnosis and prog-
EDITORIALS
might be placed in his hands; and a subscription paper drawn up and circulated soon bore the names of 35 or 40 prominent members of the Section. Such subscriptions may still be. sent to Dr. Howe at 520 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, N. Y. The sum raised will be sent as certificates by means of which the holders can draw on the food supplies established by America in Vienna, for the relief of the starving victims of military ambition and national folly. The officers for the Section chosen for the coming year are: Chairman, James Bordley of Baltimore; Vicechairman, Marcus Feingold, New Orleans; Secretary, George S. Derby, of Boston; Member of the House of Delegates, Lee M. Francis of Buffalo. Dr. Hiram Woods, being ineligible for a third successive term, Dr. Albert E. Bulson, Jr. of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was chosen to represent the Section on the American Board for Ophthalmic Examinations. E. J. A N E W JOURNAL The field of physiologic optics furnishes a large part of the basis for the practical work of the ophthalmologist, and has large interest for the physicist, the physiologist, the optometrist, and the manufacturing optician. In the wide domain of ophthalmology it offers the best opportunity for specialization in journalism. There are many questions that interest different groups of workers, the discussion's of which by members of different groups from different viewpoints must be of great advantage. The appearance of a new journal devoted to this especial field h therefore to be welcomed. The new venture, called "AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGICAL OPTICS," is
edited by Charles Sheard, A. M., Ph D., and published by the Research Division of the American Optical Company. The first number bears the date, January, 1920, altho considerably delayed in its appearance. It is to be issued quarterly. It is well printed on good paper, with clear, pertinent illustrations. We congratulate its sponsors on such an auspicious beginning.
By the contents of the first number we cannot judge its ultimate value to science. But we can see the direction in which it starts out; and if it holds to this course and receives the proper sup port, it will be both creditable to American Science, and useful to all who make ophthalmology their professional work. After a couple of editorials setting forth the purpose of the publication, comes a historical paper on "Thomas Young, the Father of Physiological Optics," by the Editor. Next we have "Eyestrain in Relation to Occupations," by George M. Gould. "A Comparison of Photoelectric Cells and the Eye," W. W. Coblentz; and "The Value and Limitations of Perimetric Methods of Study," by Luther C. Peter, complete the department of original papers. Under Abstracts and Reviews are given two excellent condensations of papers published in this Journal by Dr. Howard on "A Test for the Judgment of Distance," and by Dr. Lloyd Mills on "The Effects of Faulty Craniospinal Form and Alignment Upon the Eyes." We shall be glad to reciprocate by presenting in abstract some of its original papers; and welcome this Journal as a collaborator in its chosen field of usefulness. E. J. BOOK N O T I C E S Syphilis und Auge. (Syphilis and the Eye) von Prof. Dr. Josef Igersheimer, Goettingen. 8vo. 625 pages. 150 illustration, some in colors. Berlin, Julius Springer, 1918. Few of the books of recent years possess such eminently scientific and practical value to the ophthalmologist; and, resulting therefrom, such importance to his patients as Syphilis and the Eye by Igersheimer. Too often has the specialist been taunted with the frequently only too well merited reproach, that his syphilitic patients are not thoroly treated. This and the tremendous changes of the last ten or fifteen years in our views of syphilis, and in the principles guiding its treatment, prevention, diagnosis and prog-