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Advances in Ophthalmology, vol. 34
VOL. 84, NO. 1
BOOK REVIEWS
current as possible. The first year's revi sions with a new computerized index are available to all purchasers of the set. After the first year, revisions must be purchased separately. Although these books will not replace more comprehensive sources such as Duke-Elder or Walsh and Hoyt, these books provide an outstanding reference for ophthalmologists in practice as well as an important source of current ophthal mic knowledge for those in training. KARL J. FRITZ
Palestra Oftalmologica Panamericana. Vol. 1, No. 1. Editor-in-Chief, Eduardo Arenas Archila, Bogota, Colombia, 1977. Published quarterly; annual sub scription, $18 Palestra Oftalmologica Panamericana, the official publication of the Pan Ameri can Association of Ophthalmology under the leadership of Eduardo Arenas Arch ila, of Bogota, Colombia, and a distin guished group of advisers from the West ern Hemisphere, shows promise of hav ing wide influence in Pan American ophthalmology. Many of the 21 member nations of the Pan American Association have national ophthalmic journals with limited circulation. This new journal will provide the ophthalmologists of these na tions particularly with a much broader forum than was previously available. The initial issue contains nine scientif ic articles six of which originated from the United States, two from Chile, and one from Bolivia. These are worthy oph
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thalmic articles suitable for publication in any ophthalmic journal. Articles are published in Spanish, Portuguese, or En glish. Each article has an extensive con densation in each of the languages and one is able to follow the material in the extended article irrespective of the lan guage. With 15 pages of color photographs in the first issue, Editor Arenas Archila has established a high standard that gives promise of generating an outstanding pe riodical in years to come. One hopes that all ophthalmologists of the Western Hemisphere will find the material of such interest as to support the publication. FRANK W. NEWELL
SYMPOSIA Advances in Ophthalmology, vol. 34. Ed ited by M. J. Roper-Hall, H. Sautter, and E. B. Streiff. Basel, S. Karger AG, 1977. Clothbound, 226 pages, table of contents, 65 black and white figures. $53.75 NORDMANN, J.: Au sujet du vieillissement du cristallin humain et de la cataracte senile GONVEHS, M., FAGGIONI, R., ZOGRAFOS, L., AND
GAILLOUD, C.: Persistance et hyperplasie du vitre primaire VON NOORDEN, G. K.: Mechanisms of amblyopia RASSOW, B., AND WOLF, D.:
Die
messung
der
"retinalen Sehscharfe" mit dem laserinterferenzgerat als klinishe routinemethode
RASSOW, B. (ED.).- Laser and the anterior segment of the eye. Symposium held in the University-Eye Hospital, Hamburg, April 3 and 4,1976
BOOK REVIEWS
current as possible. The first year's revi sions with a new computerized index are available to all purchasers of the set. After the first year, revisions must be purchased separately. Although these books will not replace more comprehensive sources such as Duke-Elder or Walsh and Hoyt, these books provide an outstanding reference for ophthalmologists in practice as well as an important source of current ophthal mic knowledge for those in training. KARL J. FRITZ
Palestra Oftalmologica Panamericana. Vol. 1, No. 1. Editor-in-Chief, Eduardo Arenas Archila, Bogota, Colombia, 1977. Published quarterly; annual sub scription, $18 Palestra Oftalmologica Panamericana, the official publication of the Pan Ameri can Association of Ophthalmology under the leadership of Eduardo Arenas Arch ila, of Bogota, Colombia, and a distin guished group of advisers from the West ern Hemisphere, shows promise of hav ing wide influence in Pan American ophthalmology. Many of the 21 member nations of the Pan American Association have national ophthalmic journals with limited circulation. This new journal will provide the ophthalmologists of these na tions particularly with a much broader forum than was previously available. The initial issue contains nine scientif ic articles six of which originated from the United States, two from Chile, and one from Bolivia. These are worthy oph
133
thalmic articles suitable for publication in any ophthalmic journal. Articles are published in Spanish, Portuguese, or En glish. Each article has an extensive con densation in each of the languages and one is able to follow the material in the extended article irrespective of the lan guage. With 15 pages of color photographs in the first issue, Editor Arenas Archila has established a high standard that gives promise of generating an outstanding pe riodical in years to come. One hopes that all ophthalmologists of the Western Hemisphere will find the material of such interest as to support the publication. FRANK W. NEWELL
SYMPOSIA Advances in Ophthalmology, vol. 34. Ed ited by M. J. Roper-Hall, H. Sautter, and E. B. Streiff. Basel, S. Karger AG, 1977. Clothbound, 226 pages, table of contents, 65 black and white figures. $53.75 NORDMANN, J.: Au sujet du vieillissement du cristallin humain et de la cataracte senile GONVEHS, M., FAGGIONI, R., ZOGRAFOS, L., AND
GAILLOUD, C.: Persistance et hyperplasie du vitre primaire VON NOORDEN, G. K.: Mechanisms of amblyopia RASSOW, B., AND WOLF, D.:
Die
messung
der
"retinalen Sehscharfe" mit dem laserinterferenzgerat als klinishe routinemethode
RASSOW, B. (ED.).- Laser and the anterior segment of the eye. Symposium held in the University-Eye Hospital, Hamburg, April 3 and 4,1976