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Editor, American Journal of Ophthalmology: Thank you for sending me the note from Dr. Adamantiadis. I wish to thank him for calling attention to the similarity o f my case with the congenital anomaly known as epitarsus. This case, I believe, differs slightly from epitarsus in that the connecting band ran in a broad insertion from the lower tarsal border deep into the fornix. ( S i g n e d ) M . Wallace Friedman, San Francisco, California.
CINCH OPERATION
Editor American Journal of Ophthalmology: M y last paper on my cinch operation ap peared in the 1930 Transactions o f the Pacific Coast Oto-Ophthalmological Society (25 years a g o ) . Since then I have made a number of changes in the technique and handling of operative cases. A n y o n e inter ested to know what these changes are should communicate with me and I shall be glad to supply the detailed information. ( S i g n e d ) Roderic O'Connor, 411-30th Street, Oakland 9, California.
BOOK MODERN
Edited
TRENDS
REVIEWS IN
by Arnold
OPHTHALMOLOGY.
Sorsby. N e w
York,
Paul B. Hoeber, Inc., 1955, third series. Clothbound, 346 pages. 111
illustrations,
three color plates. P r i c e : $12.50. This is the third volume devoted to oph thalmology in the
M o d e r n Trend
Series.
Edited again by Arnold Sorsby, and with the co-operation o f 50 American and European authors, this volume includes most o f the important
developments
that
have
taken
place since the publication o f the second volume in 1947. After taking one glance at the table of contents, one cannot resist the temptation to read the book from cover to cover.
There are six sections: Anatomy, physi ology, and optics; diagnostic procedures; clinical and experimental pathology; clini cal aspects; treatment; and social aspects. These six sections are composed o f 28 monographs. In most chapters the authors make no attempt to cover the subject under discussion completely but rather they give an over-all outline. F o r the reader interested in a particular topic, a selected bibliography is appended to each chapter. Repetitions cannot be avoided in material of overlapping nature written by different authors. H o w e v e r , their occasional differ ence o f opinion is often thought provoking. The advantage is that each chapter is a com plete unit in itself, and one need not refer to a different section if interested in a par ticular topic. J. Frangois, M . Rabaey, and G. Vandermeerssche give a welcome introduction to phase-contrast and electron microscopy. Ernst H . Bäräny considers the mathe matical aspects regarding the measurements o f aqueous flow. H e makes some highly stimulating suggestions on unsolved prob lems; for instance, the use o f a number of test substances for a multipoint method. Hermann M . Burian and Paul Boeder, in their chapter on newer aspects o f binocular vision, give a lucid introduction to Luneberg's theory o f binocular visual space, a topic that is rather difficult for most ophthal mologists to comprehend. Gunnar von Bahr authoritatively presents aspects on spheric and chromatic aberration. Harold F. Falls describes in great detail problems of heredity that should enable anyone to prepare a pedigree o f case reports for publication. Milton L. Berliner's contribution on slit lamp microscopy o f the posterior segment o f the eye should be singled out as one o f the oustanding chapters. Except for the ophthal mologist w h o is able to read Hruby's Ger man monograph, this is the most compre hensive presentation in the English Hterature o f a method that undoubtedly is one o f
277
BOOK REVIEWS
the most important newer means o f diagnos Irving
H . Goldmann gives an interesting step-bystep description o f his method o f extracting
tic investigation. Η . Leopold gives a painstaiting
nonmagnetic foreign bodies. It seems to be
and comprehensive review o f current aspects
rather time consuming and
o f ocular pharmacology.
co-operation between surgeon and roentgen
Manuel L. Stillerman, in his discussion of
diffuse
collagen diseases,
interestingly
requires
close
ologist. Mary
Savory reports
an extremely
in
thromboangiitis
triguing technique o f irrigating the anterior
obliterans but also erythema multiforme and
chamber with thrombin before opening it.
Reiter's
This procedure should prove to be a real ad
enough
includes not only disease
under
the
same
general
vantage in instances in which massive hem
heading. P. J. Waardenburg reports a family tree
orrhages can be anticipated.
o f a new polymorphic syndrome. It seems
It may have been highly unfair to have
to be related to the one described by van der
chosen these random selections when there
Hoeve.
were others equally timely and
In
addition
to the
markedly
in
fascinating.
angles
H o w e v e r , these selections should whet the
lacrimal
appetite o f every ophthalmologist f o r get
puncta, he observed a hyperplastic, broad
ting acquainted with this volume. This is
nasal root, medial hyperplasia o f the eye
equally true f o r the resident w h o may find
creased distance between the inner of
the
brows,
eyelids and
the
heterochromia
inferior
iridum,
congenital
an answer to many puzzling problems not yet included in standard textbooks and for
deafness, and a white forelock. Sorsby reports a family with generalized
the seasoned practitioner w h o will find it an
fundus dystrophy. T h e onset is around the
extremely pleasant means to bring himself
age o f 40 years. A t first there are hemor-
up to date on the many new problems o f the
rhiiges and exudates
past decade.
o f the
central
area.
Stefan V a n W i e n .
Over the course o f years, a choroidal sclero sis extends peripherally. T h e end-stage
is
a widespread disappearance o f the choroidal
T w o LECTURES ON BIOMICROSCOPY OF THE
vessels. This picture must be differentiated
EYE. B y Prof. Hans Goldmann. Berne,
from macular dystrophy o f the Staargardt
Switzerland, Rösch, V o g t and Company.
type, from angioid streaks, and from disci
55 pages, 63
form degeneration o f the macula.
Not listed.
figures,
references.
Price:
There is an outstanding presentation o f
Professor Goldmann o f Berne is one o f the
hypertensive retinopathy. R . A . Burn and
world's most ingenious and scientific oph
K. J. Curling discuss the general aspects o f
thalmologists whose work, particularly with
hypertensive disease and
and
glaucoma, is k n o w n by all ophthalmologists.
C. Dee Shapland describes his method of
lightful lectures. T h e first is an introduction
its
surgical
medical management.
In this book he brings together two de
lamellar sclerectomy f o r retinal detachment
to gonioscopy, the second is on the examina
in minute detail. H e prefers it as a primary
tion o f the vitreous and the fundus with the
procedure in senile detachments with multi
slitlamp. Since he is an expert on both o f
ple peripheral tears and an atrophic retina,
these subjects, the lectures are
in
multiple
significant. T h e illustrations are beautifully
widely spaced rents in front o f the equator,
done and show the pertinent points most
in detachments in aphakic eyes, in old in
satisfactorily.
detachments
ferior
of
detachments
myopia with
with
multiple
retinal
Gonioscopy
particularly
is becoming almost
routine
striae, and in detachments showing retrac
ofiice procedure but the examination o f the
tion o f the vitreous.
vitreous and the fundus with the slitlamp.
BOOK REVIEWS
Editor, American Journal of Ophthalmology: Thank you for sending me the note from Dr. Adamantiadis. I wish to thank him for calling attention to the similarity o f my case with the congenital anomaly known as epitarsus. This case, I believe, differs slightly from epitarsus in that the connecting band ran in a broad insertion from the lower tarsal border deep into the fornix. ( S i g n e d ) M . Wallace Friedman, San Francisco, California.
CINCH OPERATION
Editor American Journal of Ophthalmology: M y last paper on my cinch operation ap peared in the 1930 Transactions o f the Pacific Coast Oto-Ophthalmological Society (25 years a g o ) . Since then I have made a number of changes in the technique and handling of operative cases. A n y o n e inter ested to know what these changes are should communicate with me and I shall be glad to supply the detailed information. ( S i g n e d ) Roderic O'Connor, 411-30th Street, Oakland 9, California.
BOOK MODERN
Edited
TRENDS
REVIEWS IN
by Arnold
OPHTHALMOLOGY.
Sorsby. N e w
York,
Paul B. Hoeber, Inc., 1955, third series. Clothbound, 346 pages. 111
illustrations,
three color plates. P r i c e : $12.50. This is the third volume devoted to oph thalmology in the
M o d e r n Trend
Series.
Edited again by Arnold Sorsby, and with the co-operation o f 50 American and European authors, this volume includes most o f the important
developments
that
have
taken
place since the publication o f the second volume in 1947. After taking one glance at the table of contents, one cannot resist the temptation to read the book from cover to cover.
There are six sections: Anatomy, physi ology, and optics; diagnostic procedures; clinical and experimental pathology; clini cal aspects; treatment; and social aspects. These six sections are composed o f 28 monographs. In most chapters the authors make no attempt to cover the subject under discussion completely but rather they give an over-all outline. F o r the reader interested in a particular topic, a selected bibliography is appended to each chapter. Repetitions cannot be avoided in material of overlapping nature written by different authors. H o w e v e r , their occasional differ ence o f opinion is often thought provoking. The advantage is that each chapter is a com plete unit in itself, and one need not refer to a different section if interested in a par ticular topic. J. Frangois, M . Rabaey, and G. Vandermeerssche give a welcome introduction to phase-contrast and electron microscopy. Ernst H . Bäräny considers the mathe matical aspects regarding the measurements o f aqueous flow. H e makes some highly stimulating suggestions on unsolved prob lems; for instance, the use o f a number of test substances for a multipoint method. Hermann M . Burian and Paul Boeder, in their chapter on newer aspects o f binocular vision, give a lucid introduction to Luneberg's theory o f binocular visual space, a topic that is rather difficult for most ophthal mologists to comprehend. Gunnar von Bahr authoritatively presents aspects on spheric and chromatic aberration. Harold F. Falls describes in great detail problems of heredity that should enable anyone to prepare a pedigree o f case reports for publication. Milton L. Berliner's contribution on slit lamp microscopy o f the posterior segment o f the eye should be singled out as one o f the oustanding chapters. Except for the ophthal mologist w h o is able to read Hruby's Ger man monograph, this is the most compre hensive presentation in the English Hterature o f a method that undoubtedly is one o f
277
BOOK REVIEWS
the most important newer means o f diagnos Irving
H . Goldmann gives an interesting step-bystep description o f his method o f extracting
tic investigation. Η . Leopold gives a painstaiting
nonmagnetic foreign bodies. It seems to be
and comprehensive review o f current aspects
rather time consuming and
o f ocular pharmacology.
co-operation between surgeon and roentgen
Manuel L. Stillerman, in his discussion of
diffuse
collagen diseases,
interestingly
requires
close
ologist. Mary
Savory reports
an extremely
in
thromboangiitis
triguing technique o f irrigating the anterior
obliterans but also erythema multiforme and
chamber with thrombin before opening it.
Reiter's
This procedure should prove to be a real ad
enough
includes not only disease
under
the
same
general
vantage in instances in which massive hem
heading. P. J. Waardenburg reports a family tree
orrhages can be anticipated.
o f a new polymorphic syndrome. It seems
It may have been highly unfair to have
to be related to the one described by van der
chosen these random selections when there
Hoeve.
were others equally timely and
In
addition
to the
markedly
in
fascinating.
angles
H o w e v e r , these selections should whet the
lacrimal
appetite o f every ophthalmologist f o r get
puncta, he observed a hyperplastic, broad
ting acquainted with this volume. This is
nasal root, medial hyperplasia o f the eye
equally true f o r the resident w h o may find
creased distance between the inner of
the
brows,
eyelids and
the
heterochromia
inferior
iridum,
congenital
an answer to many puzzling problems not yet included in standard textbooks and for
deafness, and a white forelock. Sorsby reports a family with generalized
the seasoned practitioner w h o will find it an
fundus dystrophy. T h e onset is around the
extremely pleasant means to bring himself
age o f 40 years. A t first there are hemor-
up to date on the many new problems o f the
rhiiges and exudates
past decade.
o f the
central
area.
Stefan V a n W i e n .
Over the course o f years, a choroidal sclero sis extends peripherally. T h e end-stage
is
a widespread disappearance o f the choroidal
T w o LECTURES ON BIOMICROSCOPY OF THE
vessels. This picture must be differentiated
EYE. B y Prof. Hans Goldmann. Berne,
from macular dystrophy o f the Staargardt
Switzerland, Rösch, V o g t and Company.
type, from angioid streaks, and from disci
55 pages, 63
form degeneration o f the macula.
Not listed.
figures,
references.
Price:
There is an outstanding presentation o f
Professor Goldmann o f Berne is one o f the
hypertensive retinopathy. R . A . Burn and
world's most ingenious and scientific oph
K. J. Curling discuss the general aspects o f
thalmologists whose work, particularly with
hypertensive disease and
and
glaucoma, is k n o w n by all ophthalmologists.
C. Dee Shapland describes his method of
lightful lectures. T h e first is an introduction
its
surgical
medical management.
In this book he brings together two de
lamellar sclerectomy f o r retinal detachment
to gonioscopy, the second is on the examina
in minute detail. H e prefers it as a primary
tion o f the vitreous and the fundus with the
procedure in senile detachments with multi
slitlamp. Since he is an expert on both o f
ple peripheral tears and an atrophic retina,
these subjects, the lectures are
in
multiple
significant. T h e illustrations are beautifully
widely spaced rents in front o f the equator,
done and show the pertinent points most
in detachments in aphakic eyes, in old in
satisfactorily.
detachments
ferior
of
detachments
myopia with
with
multiple
retinal
Gonioscopy
particularly
is becoming almost
routine
striae, and in detachments showing retrac
ofiice procedure but the examination o f the
tion o f the vitreous.
vitreous and the fundus with the slitlamp.