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cussed orthoptics. J. Franqois and J. P Deweer gave the characteristic facts of sexlinked albinism and described the fundus picture in the female carrier. J. Fra^ois, J. Behaert and R. Stefens studied the pathogenesis of the Bardet-Biedl syndrome. Extensive clinical, endocrinologic, and electro-encephalographic experiments proved that, at least in their cases, the lesions were not localized in the region of the diencephalon and hypophysis but were a diffuse congenital dysgenesis of the entire brain. Alice R. Deutsch.
R. Lee Clark, Jr., M.D., and Russell W. Cumley, Ph.D., Editors-in-Chief. New York 28 (155 East 82nd Street), Elsevier Press, Inc., 1953. 770 pages, 1400 illustrations, statistical ap pendix, 64-page illustrated glossary and index. Price: $10.00. This.handsome book represents the com bined efforts of over 300 physicians, dentists, nurses, pharmacologists, university profes sors, writers, research scientists, librarians, artists, and photographers. Although de signed to give the layman "the clearest and most complete medical information avail able," it will be welcomed by many auxiliary workers in the fields of medicine and health. Of the 28 chapters in the book, one, Chap ter 17, is devoted to the eye. It was edited by Dr. Brittain F. Payne, Dr. R. M. Watrous, Col. Victor A. Byrnes, and Dr. Richard G. Scobee. Not less interesting than the subject divi sions of the chapter is the emphasis, both pictorial and verbal, apportioned the various categories. For example, almost three pages are devoted to corneal transplantation; 18 lines to glaucoma. The subjects discussed in Chapter 17 are: The Eye: what it is and does, the retina. Dis orders'of the eye: conjunctivitis, pink eye, T H E BOOK OF HEALTH.
stye; the cornea, corneal transplantation, eyebanks, eyes should not be willed; cataract and glaucoma; tumors; eyestrain, effect of lighting on eyestrain, optical defects, nearand farsightedness, other visual defects; glasses, glass eyes; retinal displacement; de generation of the eyes. The blind: their care and opportunities, care for the newly blinded, education, schools, legal benefits. The illustrations for this chapter on the eye are excellent. There is a full-page plate showing anatomic details of the eye, eight beautiful color illustrations of the technique of corneal transplantation, and a full-page black and white illustration of the receipt of a donor eye at an eye-bank. A two-page spread shows how contact glasses are made and how zylonite frames are made. There are numerous small pictures of Henry Smith, von Graefe, Braille, Hauy, von Hippel, Thomas Young, William Cheselden, Helen Keller, Benjamin Franklin (bifocals), and others, and a full-page, in color, of the Dvorine Color Blind Test. Reference to the eye is not, however, lim ited to Chapter 17. On page 35, eyes of the newborn are discussed; on page 90 is a de scription of how the eye functions. And here and there throughout the book are references to eye symptoms in various diseases or to the effect of various diseases on the eye. The final chapter in the book, entitled "The Medical Profession," · is a distinct contribu tion to better public relations. From it the reader learns how a doctor, nurse, dentist, or pharmacist is trained. He is told how a hos pital is organized and operated. He is ac quainted with the work of technologists and therapists; with the drug industry and health organizations. Ophthalmologists need not hesitate to rec ommend this book. It should be on reference —and if possible, on loan—in every public library, for it provides complete and reliable medical information for laymen. Katherine Chalkley.
BOOK REVIEWS
cussed orthoptics. J. Franqois and J. P Deweer gave the characteristic facts of sexlinked albinism and described the fundus picture in the female carrier. J. Fra^ois, J. Behaert and R. Stefens studied the pathogenesis of the Bardet-Biedl syndrome. Extensive clinical, endocrinologic, and electro-encephalographic experiments proved that, at least in their cases, the lesions were not localized in the region of the diencephalon and hypophysis but were a diffuse congenital dysgenesis of the entire brain. Alice R. Deutsch.
R. Lee Clark, Jr., M.D., and Russell W. Cumley, Ph.D., Editors-in-Chief. New York 28 (155 East 82nd Street), Elsevier Press, Inc., 1953. 770 pages, 1400 illustrations, statistical ap pendix, 64-page illustrated glossary and index. Price: $10.00. This.handsome book represents the com bined efforts of over 300 physicians, dentists, nurses, pharmacologists, university profes sors, writers, research scientists, librarians, artists, and photographers. Although de signed to give the layman "the clearest and most complete medical information avail able," it will be welcomed by many auxiliary workers in the fields of medicine and health. Of the 28 chapters in the book, one, Chap ter 17, is devoted to the eye. It was edited by Dr. Brittain F. Payne, Dr. R. M. Watrous, Col. Victor A. Byrnes, and Dr. Richard G. Scobee. Not less interesting than the subject divi sions of the chapter is the emphasis, both pictorial and verbal, apportioned the various categories. For example, almost three pages are devoted to corneal transplantation; 18 lines to glaucoma. The subjects discussed in Chapter 17 are: The Eye: what it is and does, the retina. Dis orders'of the eye: conjunctivitis, pink eye, T H E BOOK OF HEALTH.
stye; the cornea, corneal transplantation, eyebanks, eyes should not be willed; cataract and glaucoma; tumors; eyestrain, effect of lighting on eyestrain, optical defects, nearand farsightedness, other visual defects; glasses, glass eyes; retinal displacement; de generation of the eyes. The blind: their care and opportunities, care for the newly blinded, education, schools, legal benefits. The illustrations for this chapter on the eye are excellent. There is a full-page plate showing anatomic details of the eye, eight beautiful color illustrations of the technique of corneal transplantation, and a full-page black and white illustration of the receipt of a donor eye at an eye-bank. A two-page spread shows how contact glasses are made and how zylonite frames are made. There are numerous small pictures of Henry Smith, von Graefe, Braille, Hauy, von Hippel, Thomas Young, William Cheselden, Helen Keller, Benjamin Franklin (bifocals), and others, and a full-page, in color, of the Dvorine Color Blind Test. Reference to the eye is not, however, lim ited to Chapter 17. On page 35, eyes of the newborn are discussed; on page 90 is a de scription of how the eye functions. And here and there throughout the book are references to eye symptoms in various diseases or to the effect of various diseases on the eye. The final chapter in the book, entitled "The Medical Profession," · is a distinct contribu tion to better public relations. From it the reader learns how a doctor, nurse, dentist, or pharmacist is trained. He is told how a hos pital is organized and operated. He is ac quainted with the work of technologists and therapists; with the drug industry and health organizations. Ophthalmologists need not hesitate to rec ommend this book. It should be on reference —and if possible, on loan—in every public library, for it provides complete and reliable medical information for laymen. Katherine Chalkley.