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Conos Y Bastoncitos (Cones and rods)
BOOK-NOTICES Section felt well repaid for their attend ance. The Section was competently repre sented in the Scientific Exhibit by eight exhibits. That of Phillips Thygeson and W. L. Stone, Jr., of New York, on the "Epidemiology of inclusion conjunctivi tis" received a certificate of merit from the American Medical Association, and that of Albert D. Ruedemann of Cleveland on "Exophthalmos," honorable mention. Dr. S. Judd Beach, chairman of the executive committee, awarded Dr. Wal ter Lancaster of Hanover, New Hamp shire, the research medal of the Section for his work of many years in ophthalmic research especially in the field of ocular motility. The presentation and acceptance were graceful. The executive session was enlivened by the discussion that followed the report of Dr. Lancaster, chairman of the subcom mittee to investigate the optometry prob lem, of the Committee on Optics and Visual Physiology. The report of this committee, appointed last year, described in detail the work accomplished and the results of investigation. A motion to res cind the 1935 resolution of the Section, dealing with optometrists and other nonmedical groups, after unlimited and at times turbulent debate, was carried by a substantial majority and referred to the House of Delegates for action at its next session. Dr. Lawrence T. Post of Saint Louis was elected chairman, and Dr. W. R. Buffington of New Orleans, vice-chair man. The 1942 meeting will take place in Atlantic City. It is gratifying to note the formation of a new Committee on Industrial Oph thalmology under the able leadership of Dr. Snell, associated with Dr. Arthur C. Culler of Dayton, Ohio, and Dr. Hedwig S. Kuhn of Hammond, Indiana. The im portance of industrial ophthalmology,
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especially in defense, recently emphasized in these pages, needs no further com ment. Derrick Vail.
BOOK NOTICES CONOS Y BASTONCITOS (Cones and rods). Doctorate thesis by Dr. Jose Sverdlick. Stiff paper covers, 109 pages, 82 illustrations. Buenos Aires, Aniceto Lopez, 1940. Price not stated. Profusely illustrated with excellently printed photomicrographs from the au thor's own study and from the special literature of the subject, this work adds to the available sources of reference deal ing with the minute anatomy and the physiology of the retina. The printing and editorship are praiseworthy. W. H. Crisp.
NEURO-OPHTHALMOLOGY. By R. Lindsay Rea. Second edition. Clothbound, 688 pages, 196 illustrations in black and white, 22 colored plates. Printed in Great Britain by The Whitefriars Press, Ltd., London and Tonbridge. St. Louis, The C. V. Mosby Company, 1941. Price, $13.50. The method utilized for adding to the first edition is that employed by the En cyclopedia Britannica. The first edition is left intact except for the bibliography. To the 516 pages of the first edition are added 110 pages of new material, and the bib liography is increased by the additional references from the new pages. The ap pendix consists largely in extractions from the literature on the subjects pub lished after the first edition was printed in January, 1938. Much of it is of con siderable interest. A criticism would be that the new material, and this is always true of recent contributions to the litera-
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especially in defense, recently emphasized in these pages, needs no further com ment. Derrick Vail.
BOOK NOTICES CONOS Y BASTONCITOS (Cones and rods). Doctorate thesis by Dr. Jose Sverdlick. Stiff paper covers, 109 pages, 82 illustrations. Buenos Aires, Aniceto Lopez, 1940. Price not stated. Profusely illustrated with excellently printed photomicrographs from the au thor's own study and from the special literature of the subject, this work adds to the available sources of reference deal ing with the minute anatomy and the physiology of the retina. The printing and editorship are praiseworthy. W. H. Crisp.
NEURO-OPHTHALMOLOGY. By R. Lindsay Rea. Second edition. Clothbound, 688 pages, 196 illustrations in black and white, 22 colored plates. Printed in Great Britain by The Whitefriars Press, Ltd., London and Tonbridge. St. Louis, The C. V. Mosby Company, 1941. Price, $13.50. The method utilized for adding to the first edition is that employed by the En cyclopedia Britannica. The first edition is left intact except for the bibliography. To the 516 pages of the first edition are added 110 pages of new material, and the bib liography is increased by the additional references from the new pages. The ap pendix consists largely in extractions from the literature on the subjects pub lished after the first edition was printed in January, 1938. Much of it is of con siderable interest. A criticism would be that the new material, and this is always true of recent contributions to the litera-