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2. Binkhorst, R.: The optical design of intraocular lens implants. Ophthalmic Surg. 6:17, 1975. 3. Hoffer, K. J.: Biometry of 7,500 cataractous eyes. Am. J. Ophthalmol. 90:360, 1980. 4. Colenbrander, M. C : Calculation of the power of an iris-clip lens for distant vision. Br. J. Ophthal mol. 57:735, 1973.
Reply Editor: I thank Dr. Hoffer for pointing out the two unfortunate errors in the references. I also extend my apologies to the authors involved. There was yet another error: the K in the equation should not have had a superscript 1. KARL J. F R I T Z ,
Chicago,
M.D.
Illinois
BOOK REVIEWS United States Pharmacopeia Dispensing Information, 1981. Rockville, Mary land, United States Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc., 1981. Softcover, 1163 pages. $18.75 The United States Pharmacopeia sets standards for procedures for preparation of medication. This annual publication (with bimonthly updates) gives recom mendations as to the use of these medica tions for the physician, pharmacist, and the patient. The publication is divided into two parts. The professional guidelines section contains information, arranged in alpha betical order by generic name, official name, or family grouping. Basic informa tion for a particular substance includes pharmacology, precautions, side effects, general dosing information, guidelines for patient consultation on safe and effec tive use of medicines, and dosage forms. This information is given for each drug in relation to specific clinical effects (sys temic, topical, ophthalmic). The second section offers patient consultation in lay language for potential use in patient edu
cation programs to enhance the safe and effective use of medicines. It is meant to reinforce any oral consultation given by the health care provider. As a reference source, this book pro vides answers on clinical drug informa tion. The index is extensive and easy to use. Although this is not a comprehensive guide to all drugs, it does cover most of those commonly prescribed. One new feature to this edition is the use of a drug family monograph in the professional guidelines section. These groupings of similar preparations clearly present the distinguishing differences of the drugs in a family. This book is valua ble for any physician or pharmacist and is the place to refer a patient who is seeking reliable information as to topical ocular or systemic drugs they are taking. This book is the "mother lode" for drug information between the physician and the patient. F. T.
FRAUNFELDER
Casey Wood. A Bio-Bibliography. Com piled by Effie C. Astbury. Montreal, Canada, McGill University Graduate School of Library Science, 1981. Softcover, 67 pages. $5 Casey Wood was born Nov. 21, 1856, in Ontario, Canada. He graduated in medicine from Bishop's College (Montre al, Quebec) in 1877 and became a clinical clerk under Sir William Osier. He prac ticed general medicine and surgery in Montreal until 1886 and was professor and chairman of the Departments of Chemistry and Pathology in the Medical Faculty of the University of Bishop's Col lege, Montreal. In 1887 he studied at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary in the postgraduate medical school. He spent a year at the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital (Moorfields) and was an assistant to Wil liam Lang at Middlesex Hospital. He then came to the United States and set-
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tied in Chicago where he was a patholo gist at the Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, professor of ophthalmology at the post graduate medical school, and, in time, oculist to Cook County Hospital. He be came senior editor of the Annals of Oph thalmology and Otology. He was the at tending oculist at Passavant Memorial Hospital; professor of clinical ophthal mology at the University of Illinois; chair man of the Section of Ophthalmology of the AMA; president of the Chicago Ophthalmological and Otological Society; edi tor of the Yearbook of Ophthalmology; editor of the Ophthalmic Record; and founding member of the American Acad emy of Ophthalmology. He subsequently became professor of the Department of Ophthalmology at Northwestern University, president of the American Academy of Ophthalmolo gy and Otolaryngology, and, in 1908, editor of T H E AMERICAN JOURNAL O F OPHTHALMOLOGY. In 1908 he resigned
from Northwestern University and was again appointed professor and chairman at the University of Illinois. In 1913 he edited the first volume of the American Encyclopedia and Dictio nary of Ophthalmology. He became a founding fellow of the American College of Surgeons. In 1916 he was appointed to the American Board for Ophthalmic Ex aminations and then was called to active duty in the medical corps of the United States Army. In 1917, he was designated to be the first editor of the third series of T H E AMERICAN JOURNAL O F MOLOGY and the Ophthalmic
OPHTHAL
Record but he was unable to accept because of his duty in the army. In January 1920 he was honored by the Chicago Ophthalmological Society at a retirement dinner. He moved to Palo Alto, California, and devoted his life thereafter to ornithology. This bio-bibliography compiled by Effie C. Astbury will appeal to those
JULY, 1981
interested in ophthalmology, ornitholo gy, and Canadian and American medi cine. FRANK W.
NEWELL
Quantitative Layer By Layer Perimetry. By Jay M. Enoch, C. R. Fitzgerald, and E. C. Campos. New York, Grune & Stratton, Inc., 1980. Hardcover, 232 pages, approximately 144 black and white figures. $29.50 This small, carefully composed book relates the authors' experience with some special perimetric testing. They have used principles from basic clinical sci ences (psychophysics and neurophysiology) and applied them to clinical vision testing. The book concerns itself predom inantly with three types of visual testing, all performed in a ganzfeld. Two of the tests are named in analogy to neurophysiologic behavior: (1) the "sustained-like function," and (2) the "transient-like function." The third is the flashing repeat static test (FRST). Essentially, all are elaborations of static visual field testing in that they test function at a single point on the retina. However, and most impor tantly, their design allows a physiologic and morphologic (nearly layer-by-layer— for example, inner plexiform vs outer plexiform vs optic nerve) localization of malfunction. The first chapter describes the perti nent psychophysical, neurophysiologic, and anatomic bases for the techniques that have been developed; the next de scribes the techniques themselves; and the remaining chapters are devoted to applications of these techniques in select ed groups of patients. The major diagnos tic categories considered are senile macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and glaucoma, but many other (predomi nantly retinal) processes are discussed. The result of applying this battery of
BOOK REVIEWS
VOL. 92, NO. 1
2. Binkhorst, R.: The optical design of intraocular lens implants. Ophthalmic Surg. 6:17, 1975. 3. Hoffer, K. J.: Biometry of 7,500 cataractous eyes. Am. J. Ophthalmol. 90:360, 1980. 4. Colenbrander, M. C : Calculation of the power of an iris-clip lens for distant vision. Br. J. Ophthal mol. 57:735, 1973.
Reply Editor: I thank Dr. Hoffer for pointing out the two unfortunate errors in the references. I also extend my apologies to the authors involved. There was yet another error: the K in the equation should not have had a superscript 1. KARL J. F R I T Z ,
Chicago,
M.D.
Illinois
BOOK REVIEWS United States Pharmacopeia Dispensing Information, 1981. Rockville, Mary land, United States Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc., 1981. Softcover, 1163 pages. $18.75 The United States Pharmacopeia sets standards for procedures for preparation of medication. This annual publication (with bimonthly updates) gives recom mendations as to the use of these medica tions for the physician, pharmacist, and the patient. The publication is divided into two parts. The professional guidelines section contains information, arranged in alpha betical order by generic name, official name, or family grouping. Basic informa tion for a particular substance includes pharmacology, precautions, side effects, general dosing information, guidelines for patient consultation on safe and effec tive use of medicines, and dosage forms. This information is given for each drug in relation to specific clinical effects (sys temic, topical, ophthalmic). The second section offers patient consultation in lay language for potential use in patient edu
cation programs to enhance the safe and effective use of medicines. It is meant to reinforce any oral consultation given by the health care provider. As a reference source, this book pro vides answers on clinical drug informa tion. The index is extensive and easy to use. Although this is not a comprehensive guide to all drugs, it does cover most of those commonly prescribed. One new feature to this edition is the use of a drug family monograph in the professional guidelines section. These groupings of similar preparations clearly present the distinguishing differences of the drugs in a family. This book is valua ble for any physician or pharmacist and is the place to refer a patient who is seeking reliable information as to topical ocular or systemic drugs they are taking. This book is the "mother lode" for drug information between the physician and the patient. F. T.
FRAUNFELDER
Casey Wood. A Bio-Bibliography. Com piled by Effie C. Astbury. Montreal, Canada, McGill University Graduate School of Library Science, 1981. Softcover, 67 pages. $5 Casey Wood was born Nov. 21, 1856, in Ontario, Canada. He graduated in medicine from Bishop's College (Montre al, Quebec) in 1877 and became a clinical clerk under Sir William Osier. He prac ticed general medicine and surgery in Montreal until 1886 and was professor and chairman of the Departments of Chemistry and Pathology in the Medical Faculty of the University of Bishop's Col lege, Montreal. In 1887 he studied at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary in the postgraduate medical school. He spent a year at the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital (Moorfields) and was an assistant to Wil liam Lang at Middlesex Hospital. He then came to the United States and set-
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tied in Chicago where he was a patholo gist at the Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, professor of ophthalmology at the post graduate medical school, and, in time, oculist to Cook County Hospital. He be came senior editor of the Annals of Oph thalmology and Otology. He was the at tending oculist at Passavant Memorial Hospital; professor of clinical ophthal mology at the University of Illinois; chair man of the Section of Ophthalmology of the AMA; president of the Chicago Ophthalmological and Otological Society; edi tor of the Yearbook of Ophthalmology; editor of the Ophthalmic Record; and founding member of the American Acad emy of Ophthalmology. He subsequently became professor of the Department of Ophthalmology at Northwestern University, president of the American Academy of Ophthalmolo gy and Otolaryngology, and, in 1908, editor of T H E AMERICAN JOURNAL O F OPHTHALMOLOGY. In 1908 he resigned
from Northwestern University and was again appointed professor and chairman at the University of Illinois. In 1913 he edited the first volume of the American Encyclopedia and Dictio nary of Ophthalmology. He became a founding fellow of the American College of Surgeons. In 1916 he was appointed to the American Board for Ophthalmic Ex aminations and then was called to active duty in the medical corps of the United States Army. In 1917, he was designated to be the first editor of the third series of T H E AMERICAN JOURNAL O F MOLOGY and the Ophthalmic
OPHTHAL
Record but he was unable to accept because of his duty in the army. In January 1920 he was honored by the Chicago Ophthalmological Society at a retirement dinner. He moved to Palo Alto, California, and devoted his life thereafter to ornithology. This bio-bibliography compiled by Effie C. Astbury will appeal to those
JULY, 1981
interested in ophthalmology, ornitholo gy, and Canadian and American medi cine. FRANK W.
NEWELL
Quantitative Layer By Layer Perimetry. By Jay M. Enoch, C. R. Fitzgerald, and E. C. Campos. New York, Grune & Stratton, Inc., 1980. Hardcover, 232 pages, approximately 144 black and white figures. $29.50 This small, carefully composed book relates the authors' experience with some special perimetric testing. They have used principles from basic clinical sci ences (psychophysics and neurophysiology) and applied them to clinical vision testing. The book concerns itself predom inantly with three types of visual testing, all performed in a ganzfeld. Two of the tests are named in analogy to neurophysiologic behavior: (1) the "sustained-like function," and (2) the "transient-like function." The third is the flashing repeat static test (FRST). Essentially, all are elaborations of static visual field testing in that they test function at a single point on the retina. However, and most impor tantly, their design allows a physiologic and morphologic (nearly layer-by-layer— for example, inner plexiform vs outer plexiform vs optic nerve) localization of malfunction. The first chapter describes the perti nent psychophysical, neurophysiologic, and anatomic bases for the techniques that have been developed; the next de scribes the techniques themselves; and the remaining chapters are devoted to applications of these techniques in select ed groups of patients. The major diagnos tic categories considered are senile macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and glaucoma, but many other (predomi nantly retinal) processes are discussed. The result of applying this battery of