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Advances in Ophthalmology
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ADVANCES I N OPHTHALMOLOGY. Edited by
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Ε. B. Streiff. Basel and N e w York, S. OPHTHALMOLOGY ( 5 0 : I960) and the secKarger, 1962, volume 12. 379 pages, in- ond, on "Hypoxia in infants and children" appeared in the Bulletin of the Johns Hopdex volumes 1-12. Price: $17.50. The 12th volume of this familiar series kins Hospital in 1961. Twenty-nine papers, bound in blue cloth and with red label is as including the Presidential Address by Benjamin Alexander, were given at the meeting usual a welcome addition to our libraries. The first part consists of a comprehensive and while many of these are quite short, there is much interesting and valuable mareview of 258 pages of the literature perterial included. taining to the biology of the crystalline lens, An attempt by de Margerie and Boyd to by Prof. Jean Nordmann of Strasbourg (in conduct a "Statistical investigation of the French). It covers the period from January correlation of retinal arteriolar tortuosity 1, 1953, to December 31, 1960. There are 13 with blood pressure and age," with eliminapages of references. It represents an enortion of variable magnification factors indimous amount of labor by this master of the cates a decreased tortuosity in age and a subject. slight increase with increasing blood presA. Berengo and R. Frezzotti of the Unisure but the wide variation in normal tortuversity of Siena contribute an extensive article on "Active neuro-ophthalmic toxo- osity makes this a finding of little clinical plasmosis." It comprises a thorough clinical significance. T w o cases of "Metastatic carcinoma of the optic nerve" were restudy on 19 patients and is well illustrated ported by J . V . V. Nichols and, in a subsewith seven plates (in English, references). quent paper, Thompson, Macleod and Allt The final paper is that of G. Mackensen reported 11 cases of carcinoma of the choon "The investigation of the reading ability roid from primary lesions in the breast. R. B. as a clinical functional test" (in German, no Ramsey reported two cases of "AtaxiaEnglish summary as is customary in these telangectasia," first described by Louis-Bar. books). This is a careful study of the ocular "Ligneous conjunctivitis" was described by movement curves of normal patients, some C. A. Thompson who advocated ligation of of whom have no reading difficulties and the base of the lesion. C. Dyson discussed others with ocular or neurologic conditions. his experiences with alpha chymotrypsin, Derrick Vail. concluding that complications were not increased and results in early cases of Fuchs' dystrophy were satisfactory. J . C. Locke reported on "Light coagulation in angiomaTRANSACTIONS OF T H E C A N A D I A N OPHtosis retinae." M. Mathieu described "UlTHALMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 24th annual cerative keratitis," urging an early bactériomeeting, June, 1961. Published for the logie diagnosis. S. T. Adams discussed a Society by the University of Toronto case of "Congenital glaucoma" which he bePress, Toronto, 1962. 269 pages. lieved to represent Lowe's syndrome. This small well-printed volume contains, W. R. F. Luke advocated a combination of in addition to the usual esoteric material water-drinking tests and tonography in the pertaining to the society, the papers preearly diagnosis of glaucoma. sented at the meeting of the Canadian Ophthalmological Society in Montreal in June, In an interesting study of the "Determi1961. The only papers not printed in full nation of the orbital volume," Alexander, are two addresses of the guest of honor, Dr. Anderson, Hill and Wortzman studied 65 Frank B. Walsh. The first of these, "Con- skulls with a sand technique and found a cerning the optic chiasm" was previously range of 20.5 to 38.5 ce. S. M. Drance re-
BOOK REVIEWS
ADVANCES I N OPHTHALMOLOGY. Edited by
printed
in
T H E AMERICAN
JOURNAL OF
Ε. B. Streiff. Basel and N e w York, S. OPHTHALMOLOGY ( 5 0 : I960) and the secKarger, 1962, volume 12. 379 pages, in- ond, on "Hypoxia in infants and children" appeared in the Bulletin of the Johns Hopdex volumes 1-12. Price: $17.50. The 12th volume of this familiar series kins Hospital in 1961. Twenty-nine papers, bound in blue cloth and with red label is as including the Presidential Address by Benjamin Alexander, were given at the meeting usual a welcome addition to our libraries. The first part consists of a comprehensive and while many of these are quite short, there is much interesting and valuable mareview of 258 pages of the literature perterial included. taining to the biology of the crystalline lens, An attempt by de Margerie and Boyd to by Prof. Jean Nordmann of Strasbourg (in conduct a "Statistical investigation of the French). It covers the period from January correlation of retinal arteriolar tortuosity 1, 1953, to December 31, 1960. There are 13 with blood pressure and age," with eliminapages of references. It represents an enortion of variable magnification factors indimous amount of labor by this master of the cates a decreased tortuosity in age and a subject. slight increase with increasing blood presA. Berengo and R. Frezzotti of the Unisure but the wide variation in normal tortuversity of Siena contribute an extensive article on "Active neuro-ophthalmic toxo- osity makes this a finding of little clinical plasmosis." It comprises a thorough clinical significance. T w o cases of "Metastatic carcinoma of the optic nerve" were restudy on 19 patients and is well illustrated ported by J . V . V. Nichols and, in a subsewith seven plates (in English, references). quent paper, Thompson, Macleod and Allt The final paper is that of G. Mackensen reported 11 cases of carcinoma of the choon "The investigation of the reading ability roid from primary lesions in the breast. R. B. as a clinical functional test" (in German, no Ramsey reported two cases of "AtaxiaEnglish summary as is customary in these telangectasia," first described by Louis-Bar. books). This is a careful study of the ocular "Ligneous conjunctivitis" was described by movement curves of normal patients, some C. A. Thompson who advocated ligation of of whom have no reading difficulties and the base of the lesion. C. Dyson discussed others with ocular or neurologic conditions. his experiences with alpha chymotrypsin, Derrick Vail. concluding that complications were not increased and results in early cases of Fuchs' dystrophy were satisfactory. J . C. Locke reported on "Light coagulation in angiomaTRANSACTIONS OF T H E C A N A D I A N OPHtosis retinae." M. Mathieu described "UlTHALMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 24th annual cerative keratitis," urging an early bactériomeeting, June, 1961. Published for the logie diagnosis. S. T. Adams discussed a Society by the University of Toronto case of "Congenital glaucoma" which he bePress, Toronto, 1962. 269 pages. lieved to represent Lowe's syndrome. This small well-printed volume contains, W. R. F. Luke advocated a combination of in addition to the usual esoteric material water-drinking tests and tonography in the pertaining to the society, the papers preearly diagnosis of glaucoma. sented at the meeting of the Canadian Ophthalmological Society in Montreal in June, In an interesting study of the "Determi1961. The only papers not printed in full nation of the orbital volume," Alexander, are two addresses of the guest of honor, Dr. Anderson, Hill and Wortzman studied 65 Frank B. Walsh. The first of these, "Con- skulls with a sand technique and found a cerning the optic chiasm" was previously range of 20.5 to 38.5 ce. S. M. Drance re-