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training and education systems so that every man in the service will come out with a marketable skill in the civilian economy. In his annual manpower report to Congress, Mr. Johnson said, "There are many military specialists whose training does not lead di rectly to civilian employment. "To help them, I have asked the Secretary of Defense to make available, to the maxi mum extent possible, training and educa tional opportunities which will increase their chances for employment in civilian life."11 Project Transition was developed in order to fulfill this requirement. Eligible for the program are enlistees being separated "under honorable conditions," those retiring, and those being transferred to the reserve. Individual circumstances determine when and where the training will commence. Duty assignments, command schedules, the type of training desired and the availability of that training are the principal factors influencing transition training. In the words of Henry Allen,1 "Longterm recruiting, regardless of the excellence of any training program, can succeed only if job opportunities are presented on a contin uing basis and if job experiences are re warding to the trained ophthalmic assistant. A happy eventuality is most likely to be real ized if adequate and accepted training pro grams, stressing quality, are made available, and the positions themselves utilize their ophthalmic assistants effectively for the public welfare." Bernard R. Biais Cdr (MC) USN Naval Hospital San Diego, California
5. Hospital Corps Schools and Courses, BuMed Instruction 1510.9B. 6. Tredici, T. J.: Personal Communications. 7. Passmore, J. : Training of physicians assistants. Am.J. Ophth. 64:325,1967. 8. Simmons, J. R. : Training of physicians assist ants. Am. J. Ophth. 64:1188, 1967. 9. American Association of Ophthalmology : Per sonal communications. 10. Washington Report on Medical Sciences. Oc tober 9, 1967. 11. Schweitz, B.: Civilian work skills urged as military training guide. Navy Times 16:1 (May 17) 1967. A R T I F I C I A L TEARS
Editor, American Journal of Ophthalmology : We read so much about "dry" eyes and how the oily layer prevents water evapora tion that I have often wondered why there isn't oil in artificial tears. Earl Sunderhaus Asheville, North Carolina CORRECTION
Editor, American Journal of Ophthalmology: There was an error in Figure 6-A in the paper "Neuro-ocular considerations in the Pelizaeus-Merzbacher syndrome" (Am. J. Ophth. 66:1143, 1968). The legend for Figure 6-A reads: "The demyelination is not severe in the latter two structures." It should have read: "The demyelination is most severe in the latter two structures." Elsa K. Rahn East Meadow, New York BOOK
REVIEWS
NEURO-OPHTHALMOLOGY: REFERENCES
1. Allen, H. F.: Ophthalmic assistants. Arch. Ophth. 78:419,1967. 2. Ruedemann, A. D., Jr. : Utilization of ophthal mic assistants. Arch. Ophth. 79:230, 1968. 3. Survey of need for ophthalmic assistants. Re port of Survey by the American Association of Ophthalmology, Sept. 1967. 4. Navy Medical Department Formal Schools, BuMed Instruction 1500.9.
JUNE, 1969
VOLUME
IV.
(Symposium of the University of Miami and the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute.) Edited by J. Lawton Smith. St. Louis, C. V. Mosby Company, 1968. Clothbound, 413 pages, index, 275 figures in black and white. Price: $31.50. This volume is the report of the transac tions of the fourth annual symposium on
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
training and education systems so that every man in the service will come out with a marketable skill in the civilian economy. In his annual manpower report to Congress, Mr. Johnson said, "There are many military specialists whose training does not lead di rectly to civilian employment. "To help them, I have asked the Secretary of Defense to make available, to the maxi mum extent possible, training and educa tional opportunities which will increase their chances for employment in civilian life."11 Project Transition was developed in order to fulfill this requirement. Eligible for the program are enlistees being separated "under honorable conditions," those retiring, and those being transferred to the reserve. Individual circumstances determine when and where the training will commence. Duty assignments, command schedules, the type of training desired and the availability of that training are the principal factors influencing transition training. In the words of Henry Allen,1 "Longterm recruiting, regardless of the excellence of any training program, can succeed only if job opportunities are presented on a contin uing basis and if job experiences are re warding to the trained ophthalmic assistant. A happy eventuality is most likely to be real ized if adequate and accepted training pro grams, stressing quality, are made available, and the positions themselves utilize their ophthalmic assistants effectively for the public welfare." Bernard R. Biais Cdr (MC) USN Naval Hospital San Diego, California
5. Hospital Corps Schools and Courses, BuMed Instruction 1510.9B. 6. Tredici, T. J.: Personal Communications. 7. Passmore, J. : Training of physicians assistants. Am.J. Ophth. 64:325,1967. 8. Simmons, J. R. : Training of physicians assist ants. Am. J. Ophth. 64:1188, 1967. 9. American Association of Ophthalmology : Per sonal communications. 10. Washington Report on Medical Sciences. Oc tober 9, 1967. 11. Schweitz, B.: Civilian work skills urged as military training guide. Navy Times 16:1 (May 17) 1967. A R T I F I C I A L TEARS
Editor, American Journal of Ophthalmology : We read so much about "dry" eyes and how the oily layer prevents water evapora tion that I have often wondered why there isn't oil in artificial tears. Earl Sunderhaus Asheville, North Carolina CORRECTION
Editor, American Journal of Ophthalmology: There was an error in Figure 6-A in the paper "Neuro-ocular considerations in the Pelizaeus-Merzbacher syndrome" (Am. J. Ophth. 66:1143, 1968). The legend for Figure 6-A reads: "The demyelination is not severe in the latter two structures." It should have read: "The demyelination is most severe in the latter two structures." Elsa K. Rahn East Meadow, New York BOOK
REVIEWS
NEURO-OPHTHALMOLOGY: REFERENCES
1. Allen, H. F.: Ophthalmic assistants. Arch. Ophth. 78:419,1967. 2. Ruedemann, A. D., Jr. : Utilization of ophthal mic assistants. Arch. Ophth. 79:230, 1968. 3. Survey of need for ophthalmic assistants. Re port of Survey by the American Association of Ophthalmology, Sept. 1967. 4. Navy Medical Department Formal Schools, BuMed Instruction 1500.9.
JUNE, 1969
VOLUME
IV.
(Symposium of the University of Miami and the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute.) Edited by J. Lawton Smith. St. Louis, C. V. Mosby Company, 1968. Clothbound, 413 pages, index, 275 figures in black and white. Price: $31.50. This volume is the report of the transac tions of the fourth annual symposium on