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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
Clinical Ophthalmology. Edited by Thomas Duane. Philadelphia, Harper & Row Publishers, Inc., 1976. Clothbound, loose-leaf, 3000 pages, table of contents, index, 3330 black and white figures, 36 color figures, 6 color plates. $275 "Clinical Ophthalmology" brings to gether the knowledge of outstanding spe cialists within ophthalmology in a remarkably coherent manner. A number of section editors handled individual re gions within the field of clinical ophthal mology: strabismus, Parks; refraction, Safir; lens, Golden; neuro-ophthalmology, Glaser; orbit, Jones and Jakobiec; retina, Jaeger; glaucoma, Hetherinton; ex ternal diseases, Wilson; uvea, Schlaegel; ophthalmic surgery, Frayer; systemic ophthalmology, Henkind and Gold. The 281 individual chapters were written by a total of 159 separate authors. Volume one is concerned with ocular motility and strabismus, refraction and clinical optics, and diseases of the lens. The section on ocular motility and stra bismus covers anatomy of ocular muscles, amblyopia, deviations and abnormalities due to palsies and trauma. Refraction and clinical optics includes geometric optics, the human eye as an optical system with such topics as diffraction patterns and modulation transfer functions. Clinical topics of refraction, low-vision aids, Fresnel optics, and descriptions of contact lenses are followed by the optics of clini cal apparatus. Diseases of the lens in cludes the anatomy and embryology of the lens, techniques of examination, anomalies of the lens structure and the clinical classification of cataract. The second volume is concerned with neuro-ophthalmology and diseases of the orbit. Neuro-ophthalmology begins with history taking and technique of the neuro-ophthalmic examination. The anat omy of the visual sensory system is corre
JULY, 1977
lated to disease in various sections of the visual pathways. Eye movements, pupil lary responses, accommodation, are fol lowed by a discussion of vascular malfor mations and migraine. Diseases of the orbit proceeds through the various diag nostic modalities available including computed tomography, ultrasonography, and more conventional radiologic tech niques. The major space occupying le sions of the orbit and orbital fractures are described in individual chapters. Volume three is concerned with the retina and glaucoma. Diseases of the reti na begins with the anatomy, physiology, and ophthalmoscopy of the normal fundus. Discussions of fluorescein angiography and electrophysiology are followed by chapters concerned with a wide varie ty of retinal disease. Glaucoma describes the physiology, diagnosis, and treatment of glaucoma. The fourth volume discusses external diseases and the uvea. External diseases includes laboratory techniques, various inflammatory conditions of the eyelids, conjunctiva, sclera, cornea, adnexal struc tures, and antibiotics use in ophthalmolo gy. Diseases of the uvea describes signs of uveal disease and use of fluorescein angiography and other tests for study of uveal disease. Uveal inflammation, degenera tion, atrophies, and neoplasms are cov ered in further chapters. The final volume concerned with sur gery and systemic ophthalmology. Oph thalmic surgery discusses anesthetic tech niques, ophthalmic surgical procedures, and photocoagulation. Systemic ophthal mology correlates medical disorders and inherited disorders to the eye. A 113-page index is bound separately. Great care in preparation of illustrations is evident throughout the volumes with pictures both clearly printed and large enough to show all necessary detail. The loose-leaf format of these volumes will allow yearly revisions to keep the text as
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
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
Clinical Ophthalmology. Edited by Thomas Duane. Philadelphia, Harper & Row Publishers, Inc., 1976. Clothbound, loose-leaf, 3000 pages, table of contents, index, 3330 black and white figures, 36 color figures, 6 color plates. $275 "Clinical Ophthalmology" brings to gether the knowledge of outstanding spe cialists within ophthalmology in a remarkably coherent manner. A number of section editors handled individual re gions within the field of clinical ophthal mology: strabismus, Parks; refraction, Safir; lens, Golden; neuro-ophthalmology, Glaser; orbit, Jones and Jakobiec; retina, Jaeger; glaucoma, Hetherinton; ex ternal diseases, Wilson; uvea, Schlaegel; ophthalmic surgery, Frayer; systemic ophthalmology, Henkind and Gold. The 281 individual chapters were written by a total of 159 separate authors. Volume one is concerned with ocular motility and strabismus, refraction and clinical optics, and diseases of the lens. The section on ocular motility and stra bismus covers anatomy of ocular muscles, amblyopia, deviations and abnormalities due to palsies and trauma. Refraction and clinical optics includes geometric optics, the human eye as an optical system with such topics as diffraction patterns and modulation transfer functions. Clinical topics of refraction, low-vision aids, Fresnel optics, and descriptions of contact lenses are followed by the optics of clini cal apparatus. Diseases of the lens in cludes the anatomy and embryology of the lens, techniques of examination, anomalies of the lens structure and the clinical classification of cataract. The second volume is concerned with neuro-ophthalmology and diseases of the orbit. Neuro-ophthalmology begins with history taking and technique of the neuro-ophthalmic examination. The anat omy of the visual sensory system is corre
JULY, 1977
lated to disease in various sections of the visual pathways. Eye movements, pupil lary responses, accommodation, are fol lowed by a discussion of vascular malfor mations and migraine. Diseases of the orbit proceeds through the various diag nostic modalities available including computed tomography, ultrasonography, and more conventional radiologic tech niques. The major space occupying le sions of the orbit and orbital fractures are described in individual chapters. Volume three is concerned with the retina and glaucoma. Diseases of the reti na begins with the anatomy, physiology, and ophthalmoscopy of the normal fundus. Discussions of fluorescein angiography and electrophysiology are followed by chapters concerned with a wide varie ty of retinal disease. Glaucoma describes the physiology, diagnosis, and treatment of glaucoma. The fourth volume discusses external diseases and the uvea. External diseases includes laboratory techniques, various inflammatory conditions of the eyelids, conjunctiva, sclera, cornea, adnexal struc tures, and antibiotics use in ophthalmolo gy. Diseases of the uvea describes signs of uveal disease and use of fluorescein angiography and other tests for study of uveal disease. Uveal inflammation, degenera tion, atrophies, and neoplasms are cov ered in further chapters. The final volume concerned with sur gery and systemic ophthalmology. Oph thalmic surgery discusses anesthetic tech niques, ophthalmic surgical procedures, and photocoagulation. Systemic ophthal mology correlates medical disorders and inherited disorders to the eye. A 113-page index is bound separately. Great care in preparation of illustrations is evident throughout the volumes with pictures both clearly printed and large enough to show all necessary detail. The loose-leaf format of these volumes will allow yearly revisions to keep the text as
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
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