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Stereoskopischer Atlas der äusseren Erkrankungen des Auges, nach farbigen Photographien (Stereoscopic atlas of external diseases of the eye, from colored photographs)
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()I)htlialni().sc()i)e, the trial frame, and certain recent tests. A concession is made to the noisy claims of a group of lecturing quacks, by a detailed de scription of the so-called "octilar gym nastics", "ocular calisthenics", or "ocu lar daily dozen". These maneuvers, frequently assumed to avoid the mani festations of asthenopia and the need for glasses, probably .serve chiefly the purpose of diverting the patient's at tention from his real or fancied ocular discomfort and from the desirability of having his refraction determined in an expert and painstaking manner. Their serious recommendation in a textbook on refraction probably dei)ends upon the fact that if a fool shouts long and loudly enough there will be some who think him wise. Although this .second edition claims to contain the newest methods of pro cedure, it is distressing to find that the author pays altogether inadc(|uate at tention to Jackson's cross cylinder test for the strength of the astigmatic error, anil no attention whatever to the use of the cross cylinder in testing for the astigmatic axis; although these tests have been given detailed descrii)tion in the periodical literature, and although those ophthalmic physicians who have thoroughly learned to use the axis test with the cross cylinder are universally of the opinion that it eflfects great economy of time in refraction work, and that it prmluces results more pre cise and more reliable than those ob tained by any other method. The strength test with the cross cylinder is dismissed in a paragra))h whose chief result is to suggest that the author does not understand the technique involved : while the more important axis test is not even mentioned. This is a serious oversight in such a volume. il\H. Crisp. Stereoskopischer Atlas der äusseren Erkrankungen des Auges, nach farbigen Photographien (Stereo scopic atlas of external diseases of the eye, from colored photo graphs). By Karl Wessely, profes sor in Munich. Section 2, plates 11 to 20. In cardboard case, price
NOTICES
12 marks. Published by J. F. Berg mann, -Munich, 1930. This is the second of the projected series of six sets of stereophotographs in color of diseases of the external eye. (see .American Journal of ()i)hthalmology. .Ai)ril. lO.SO). In this set of ten ]>ictures are the following: 11. Mottled iris. Mild s<|uanious blepharitis. 12. Phlyctenular conjuncli\itis. 13. Epibulbar dermoid. 14. -Anterior scleral stai)hylom,i. l.r Fistula of tear sac. 16. Ulcus ser])cns. 17. Ulcus serpens ;ifter cauterization with steam. 18. Splinter of imn in the iris. 19. Facial lupu> with cicatricial ec tropion. 20. Dislocation of the globe. Particularly gooil are those illustra tions dealing with the grosser lesions in which color and stereoscoi)ic vision l)lay such an imijortant role in the rec ognition of disease. But here, as in the preceding set. the grain of the i)aper interferes somewhat with detail where minute lesions have to be recognized. Xotwithstanding this minor defect, the series bids fair to play an im])ortaiit part in academic teaching, and repre sents a most commendable and pains taking efliort. Harry S. Gradle. Saggi di Oftalmología (Ophthalmo logic essays). From the Clinica (oculística in Rome, directed by Professor Q. Di Marzio. Fifth volume, 1929. Large octavo, pai)er covers, (όΖ pages, illustrated, ]irice not stated. Rome. Tipografía Poliglotta " C . di M.", 1930 The twenty-nine scientific papers here i)ublishc(l furnish in themselves an extremely creflitable record of work ac complished in an Italian jjublic institu tion. The individual papers will be ab stracted in the American Journal of Ophthalmolog)-. They cover a variety of subjects, from a discussion of the re sults obtained by radiotherapy in eye diseases, written by the director of the clinic, Di Marzio, with the aid of Salvatori, to Baumgart's essay on the bac-
BOOK
()I)htlialni().sc()i)e, the trial frame, and certain recent tests. A concession is made to the noisy claims of a group of lecturing quacks, by a detailed de scription of the so-called "octilar gym nastics", "ocular calisthenics", or "ocu lar daily dozen". These maneuvers, frequently assumed to avoid the mani festations of asthenopia and the need for glasses, probably .serve chiefly the purpose of diverting the patient's at tention from his real or fancied ocular discomfort and from the desirability of having his refraction determined in an expert and painstaking manner. Their serious recommendation in a textbook on refraction probably dei)ends upon the fact that if a fool shouts long and loudly enough there will be some who think him wise. Although this .second edition claims to contain the newest methods of pro cedure, it is distressing to find that the author pays altogether inadc(|uate at tention to Jackson's cross cylinder test for the strength of the astigmatic error, anil no attention whatever to the use of the cross cylinder in testing for the astigmatic axis; although these tests have been given detailed descrii)tion in the periodical literature, and although those ophthalmic physicians who have thoroughly learned to use the axis test with the cross cylinder are universally of the opinion that it eflfects great economy of time in refraction work, and that it prmluces results more pre cise and more reliable than those ob tained by any other method. The strength test with the cross cylinder is dismissed in a paragra))h whose chief result is to suggest that the author does not understand the technique involved : while the more important axis test is not even mentioned. This is a serious oversight in such a volume. il\H. Crisp. Stereoskopischer Atlas der äusseren Erkrankungen des Auges, nach farbigen Photographien (Stereo scopic atlas of external diseases of the eye, from colored photo graphs). By Karl Wessely, profes sor in Munich. Section 2, plates 11 to 20. In cardboard case, price
NOTICES
12 marks. Published by J. F. Berg mann, -Munich, 1930. This is the second of the projected series of six sets of stereophotographs in color of diseases of the external eye. (see .American Journal of ()i)hthalmology. .Ai)ril. lO.SO). In this set of ten ]>ictures are the following: 11. Mottled iris. Mild s<|uanious blepharitis. 12. Phlyctenular conjuncli\itis. 13. Epibulbar dermoid. 14. -Anterior scleral stai)hylom,i. l.r Fistula of tear sac. 16. Ulcus ser])cns. 17. Ulcus serpens ;ifter cauterization with steam. 18. Splinter of imn in the iris. 19. Facial lupu> with cicatricial ec tropion. 20. Dislocation of the globe. Particularly gooil are those illustra tions dealing with the grosser lesions in which color and stereoscoi)ic vision l)lay such an imijortant role in the rec ognition of disease. But here, as in the preceding set. the grain of the i)aper interferes somewhat with detail where minute lesions have to be recognized. Xotwithstanding this minor defect, the series bids fair to play an im])ortaiit part in academic teaching, and repre sents a most commendable and pains taking efliort. Harry S. Gradle. Saggi di Oftalmología (Ophthalmo logic essays). From the Clinica (oculística in Rome, directed by Professor Q. Di Marzio. Fifth volume, 1929. Large octavo, pai)er covers, (όΖ pages, illustrated, ]irice not stated. Rome. Tipografía Poliglotta " C . di M.", 1930 The twenty-nine scientific papers here i)ublishc(l furnish in themselves an extremely creflitable record of work ac complished in an Italian jjublic institu tion. The individual papers will be ab stracted in the American Journal of Ophthalmolog)-. They cover a variety of subjects, from a discussion of the re sults obtained by radiotherapy in eye diseases, written by the director of the clinic, Di Marzio, with the aid of Salvatori, to Baumgart's essay on the bac-