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Pharmacology of the eye
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opment and testing of new anaesthetics, one should be aware that in a whole animal the situation is very much more complex.
Pharmacology of the Eye--P. Thomas. Lloyd-Luke, London. 120 pp. 1978. £3.30. This book provides a useful compact account of the action of drugs on the eye. After a general account of the properties of drugs and drug transport, the routes of administration are described (topical, subconjunctival, retro-
bulbal, iontophoretic, sustained releasel. The action of the drugs affecting the sympathetic and parasympathetic system relating to the eye are described together with miotics, mydriatics, cycloplegics, antiobiotics, antivirals, anaesthetics and corticosteroids. There are some useful tables. one in particular describes the interactions between different drugs and their counterindications. There is also a detailed glossary at the end of the book. There are larger books on related subjects but this one has a very good chance of being read and also of providing the required informat ion.
ANNOUNCEMENT The First International Conference on Immunopharmacology, sponsored by the International Journal of l m m u n o p h a r m a c o l o g y and P e r g a m o n Press Ltd, will be held at the University of Sussex, Brighton, U.K.. on July 30-August 1 1980. Further details may be obtained from: Conference Secretariat First International Conference on I m m u n o p h a r m a c o l o g y 142-144 Oxford Road Cowley, Oxford OX4 2DZ United Kingdom
Book reviews
opment and testing of new anaesthetics, one should be aware that in a whole animal the situation is very much more complex.
Pharmacology of the Eye--P. Thomas. Lloyd-Luke, London. 120 pp. 1978. £3.30. This book provides a useful compact account of the action of drugs on the eye. After a general account of the properties of drugs and drug transport, the routes of administration are described (topical, subconjunctival, retro-
bulbal, iontophoretic, sustained releasel. The action of the drugs affecting the sympathetic and parasympathetic system relating to the eye are described together with miotics, mydriatics, cycloplegics, antiobiotics, antivirals, anaesthetics and corticosteroids. There are some useful tables. one in particular describes the interactions between different drugs and their counterindications. There is also a detailed glossary at the end of the book. There are larger books on related subjects but this one has a very good chance of being read and also of providing the required informat ion.
ANNOUNCEMENT The First International Conference on Immunopharmacology, sponsored by the International Journal of l m m u n o p h a r m a c o l o g y and P e r g a m o n Press Ltd, will be held at the University of Sussex, Brighton, U.K.. on July 30-August 1 1980. Further details may be obtained from: Conference Secretariat First International Conference on I m m u n o p h a r m a c o l o g y 142-144 Oxford Road Cowley, Oxford OX4 2DZ United Kingdom