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The Book List
102
July, 1990
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
pointed to find no mention of the use of lasers in the chapter on plastic surgery. The typesetting and editing are excellent. The illustrations are superb. The book is worth having just for them. Hats off to a job well done and a worthy addition to our libraries.
Books Received Medical Abbreviations. 7,000 Conveniences at the Expense of Communications and Safety, ed. 5. By Neil M. Davis. Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania, Neil M. Davis Associates, 1990. Softcover, 158 pages. $9.95
As the subtitle suggests, this book does not encourage the use of abbreviations. It underlines the potential for confusion and error by listing several different meanings for many of the abbreviations. For example, CF not only means "count fingers," but also may mean cystic fibrosis, complement fixation, cardiac failure, coronary flow, caucasian female, contractile force, Christmas factor, cisplatin and fluorouracil, and cancer-free. Apparently patients have been instructed to put the medicine in their left eye because the prescription said "per OS," and in the right eye because the prescription said "OD," meaning "once daily." Ophthalmologists are among the worst offenders; our charts are notoriously incomprehensible. Residents should be taught to take the time to make their notes intelligible.
Seeing Contour and Colour. Edited by J. J. Kulikowski, C. M. Dickinson, and I. J. Murray. Oxford, Pergamon Press, 1989.818 pages, index, illustrated. $270
This thick volume contains the proceedings of a conference held in Manchester, England, in 1987. The theme was the way in which the ideas associated with parallel processing have influ-
enced the development of models of visual perception. The title, "Seeing Contour and Colour," epitomizes the idea that different aspects of a visual scene may be segregated but simultaneously analyzed. Most of the papers are concerned with the geniculostriate pathway.
The Book List Clinical Procedures for Ocular Examination. By Nancy B. Carlson, Daniel Kurtz, David A. Heath, and Catherine Hines. East Norwalk, Connecticut, Appleton & Lange, 1990. Softcover, 251 pages, index, illustrated. $35
Ophthalmology Oral History Series. A Link With Our Past. An Interview With Harold Glendon Scheie, M.D. By Sally Smith Hughes. San Francisco, The Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, 1989. Softcover, 355 pages, index, illustrated. $55
Ophthalmology Oral History Series. A Link With Our Past. An Interview With Thomas David Duane, M.D. By Sally Smith Hughes. San Francisco, The Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, 1989. Softcover, 178 pages, index, illustrated. $55
Sodium Hyaluronate in Anterior and Posterior Segment Surgery. Edited by Ronald G. Michels, Walter J. Stark, and Mario Stirpe. Padova, Italy, Liviana Press, 1989. 131 pages, illustrated. $35
A Synopsis of Ophthalmology, ed. 5. By J. L. C. Martin-Doyle and Martin H. Kemp. Bristol, England, John Wright & Sons Ltd., 1975. Softcover, 284 pages, index. $24.95
July, 1990
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
pointed to find no mention of the use of lasers in the chapter on plastic surgery. The typesetting and editing are excellent. The illustrations are superb. The book is worth having just for them. Hats off to a job well done and a worthy addition to our libraries.
Books Received Medical Abbreviations. 7,000 Conveniences at the Expense of Communications and Safety, ed. 5. By Neil M. Davis. Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania, Neil M. Davis Associates, 1990. Softcover, 158 pages. $9.95
As the subtitle suggests, this book does not encourage the use of abbreviations. It underlines the potential for confusion and error by listing several different meanings for many of the abbreviations. For example, CF not only means "count fingers," but also may mean cystic fibrosis, complement fixation, cardiac failure, coronary flow, caucasian female, contractile force, Christmas factor, cisplatin and fluorouracil, and cancer-free. Apparently patients have been instructed to put the medicine in their left eye because the prescription said "per OS," and in the right eye because the prescription said "OD," meaning "once daily." Ophthalmologists are among the worst offenders; our charts are notoriously incomprehensible. Residents should be taught to take the time to make their notes intelligible.
Seeing Contour and Colour. Edited by J. J. Kulikowski, C. M. Dickinson, and I. J. Murray. Oxford, Pergamon Press, 1989.818 pages, index, illustrated. $270
This thick volume contains the proceedings of a conference held in Manchester, England, in 1987. The theme was the way in which the ideas associated with parallel processing have influ-
enced the development of models of visual perception. The title, "Seeing Contour and Colour," epitomizes the idea that different aspects of a visual scene may be segregated but simultaneously analyzed. Most of the papers are concerned with the geniculostriate pathway.
The Book List Clinical Procedures for Ocular Examination. By Nancy B. Carlson, Daniel Kurtz, David A. Heath, and Catherine Hines. East Norwalk, Connecticut, Appleton & Lange, 1990. Softcover, 251 pages, index, illustrated. $35
Ophthalmology Oral History Series. A Link With Our Past. An Interview With Harold Glendon Scheie, M.D. By Sally Smith Hughes. San Francisco, The Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, 1989. Softcover, 355 pages, index, illustrated. $55
Ophthalmology Oral History Series. A Link With Our Past. An Interview With Thomas David Duane, M.D. By Sally Smith Hughes. San Francisco, The Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, 1989. Softcover, 178 pages, index, illustrated. $55
Sodium Hyaluronate in Anterior and Posterior Segment Surgery. Edited by Ronald G. Michels, Walter J. Stark, and Mario Stirpe. Padova, Italy, Liviana Press, 1989. 131 pages, illustrated. $35
A Synopsis of Ophthalmology, ed. 5. By J. L. C. Martin-Doyle and Martin H. Kemp. Bristol, England, John Wright & Sons Ltd., 1975. Softcover, 284 pages, index. $24.95