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The Extra-Ocular Muscles, An Outline
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bacterial infections. Harrington and Par sons discuss the standardization of tonometric observations. Thygeson and Stone have a paper on epidemiology of inclusion conjunctivitis, and W. T. Davis one on superficial punctate keratitis. T. D. Allen and W. G. Ackerman report on hereditary glaucoma, in three generations ; and J. W. White on paralysis of the superior rectus and inferior oblique muscles of the same eye; S. G. Higgins on a corneal-scleral suture, he has used for eight years. For practical value, it is doubtful if any annual volume on ophthalmology re cords more of active scientific progress. The list of Fellows of the Association, registered in the Section on Ophthal mology, gives a very complete list of American ophthalmologists. The record of their attendance can be used as an indication of the interest of each in his professional work. Last year there were 242 members registered as present ; but the list shows that 255 subscribe for its Transactions. The broader circulation of the Transactions fully justifies the publi cation policy of the American Medical Association. Interest awakened by hear ing a paper read is most profitable when it leads to the careful study of it. Edward Jackson. MERRILL'S EYE NOTES, The MidWinter Clinical Course given by the Research Study Club of Los Angeles. By H. G. Merrill, M.D. Illustrated (sketches). 393 pages. Printed by the Webbcraft Printers, Los Angeles, 1941. Price $27.00. In his foreword the author states that the notes were made mostly by himself during the Mid-Winter Clinical Course in Ophthalmology at Los Angeles from 1932 through 1937. They were then printed and illustrated with black-andwhite sketches on good quality paper, and
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bound in a leatheroid loose-leaf binder. As an informal record of the remarks of distinguished guests of the course throughout these years, the notes contain many items of interest and value. The author mentions that there was no editing of the notes, and this is obvious on read ing them. Much could have been elimi nated, without loss ; other material could have been elaborated upon. Each lecturer should have had the opportunity of look ing over his remarks, not with the idea of changing them, but rather with the pur pose of ironing out the rough places, cor recting obvious mistakes and wrong im pressions without sacrifice of informality. The lectures are not dated, although it would be of interest to know when Drs. Elschnig, Bielschowsky, and Robert E. Wright, for example, lectured. The lec tures by Meyer Wiener were edited by himself and glow with the speaker's per sonality and teachings. They form one of the most important and attractive sections of the work. There is undoubtedly a place for this type of ophthalmic literature, as Edward Jackson pointed out in an editorial in these pages (issue of November, 1941). It requires, however, careful treatment to be of value to any but the author him self, whose memory can be jogged by a few remarks, whereas the outsider read ing them "cold" needs more elaboration. The eye notes as presented are much too expensive, and needlessly so. Mimeographic or lithographic copies would have delivered the same message more cheaply. As it is they constitute a "collector's item" and are not for the purse of the average student of ophthalmology. Derrick Vail. T H E EXTRA-OCULAR MUSCLES, AN OUTLINE. By Wendell L. Hughes, M.D. Second edition. Paper
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covers, 32 pages, 9 illustrations. Copy righted 1939. Price $2.00 plus postage. Bound in loose-leaf style, the pages of which are blank on one side, the publi cation performs a useful function in fur nishing a quick outline review of the es sential data of the subject. The blank pages afford space for the student's own notes, and remarks of his collateral read ing. No new facts are presented, but the presentation is obviously designed for the running, reading individual and for the student who encounters the extraocular muscles for the first time and wishes re view notes. Its value will be enhanced by the number of notes and remarks that the student himself inserts from his outside reading. The teacher will find the outline useful in his class work. Derrick Vail.
OBITUARY EMILE DE GROSZ 1865-1941 Emile de Grosz was born in Nagyvarad, Hungary, on September 30, 1865. His grandfather, Frederick (1798-1858), had founded the first charity hospital for eye disease in Europe in 1830, and his father, Albert, was also an eye doctor. After careful early schooling he entered the University of Budapest, then a 300year-old institution with a five-year medi cal course, where he became an assistant in anatomy and did special work in em bryology. After graduation in 1887, he took a course in public health. The next year was spent in the eye clinics of Vienna, Prague, Berlin, Heidelberg, Paris, and Brussels, and at the end of the year he joined the department of ophthal mology at the University of Budapest as assistant. At this time the clinic had 53 beds, a small library, a very primitive laboratory,
but a huge out-patient department and a fair operating room. There was, however, no provision for private patients, who were operated on at home or in hotel rooms. The chief of the clinic selected Dr. de Grosz for his private assistant ; they carried the instruments in a small velvet-lined case and cleaned them in alcohol. For sponges they used small pieces of linen which were boiled and ironed. Professor Schulek, Dr. de Grosz's chief, had one postoperative infection in 30 years of private practice. Clinical assistants were supposed to live in the hospital and it was with great difficulty that he obtained permission to get married, which he did in 1892, marry ing Margaret de Takats. The permission came at the last minute, for he was ready to resign and obtain a position in his home town had his request been refused. This would have meant the end of his connec tion with the University and would have undoubtedly greatly modified his career. After a short honeymoon he entered the clinical service, starting with a course on operative technique for students at 7:00 to 7:30 P.M. There was no time for pri vate practice, although it was not pro hibited. In 1892, after four years of service at the clinic, Dr. de Grosz found himself in temporary charge. His chief had be come ill and two of the senior assistants left for other positions. Thus, at the age of 28 years, he was charged with the systematic lectures and the operative work, although the examinations were still given by one of the older extramural professors. He nevertheless found time for some publications relating to neuroparalytic keratitis and tabetic atrophy of the optic nerve. He also started to fre quent the meetings of the international Ophthalmologic Congress, and gave two papers in Utrecht in 1899. His friendship with Argyll Robertson, George Berry,
bacterial infections. Harrington and Par sons discuss the standardization of tonometric observations. Thygeson and Stone have a paper on epidemiology of inclusion conjunctivitis, and W. T. Davis one on superficial punctate keratitis. T. D. Allen and W. G. Ackerman report on hereditary glaucoma, in three generations ; and J. W. White on paralysis of the superior rectus and inferior oblique muscles of the same eye; S. G. Higgins on a corneal-scleral suture, he has used for eight years. For practical value, it is doubtful if any annual volume on ophthalmology re cords more of active scientific progress. The list of Fellows of the Association, registered in the Section on Ophthal mology, gives a very complete list of American ophthalmologists. The record of their attendance can be used as an indication of the interest of each in his professional work. Last year there were 242 members registered as present ; but the list shows that 255 subscribe for its Transactions. The broader circulation of the Transactions fully justifies the publi cation policy of the American Medical Association. Interest awakened by hear ing a paper read is most profitable when it leads to the careful study of it. Edward Jackson. MERRILL'S EYE NOTES, The MidWinter Clinical Course given by the Research Study Club of Los Angeles. By H. G. Merrill, M.D. Illustrated (sketches). 393 pages. Printed by the Webbcraft Printers, Los Angeles, 1941. Price $27.00. In his foreword the author states that the notes were made mostly by himself during the Mid-Winter Clinical Course in Ophthalmology at Los Angeles from 1932 through 1937. They were then printed and illustrated with black-andwhite sketches on good quality paper, and
891
bound in a leatheroid loose-leaf binder. As an informal record of the remarks of distinguished guests of the course throughout these years, the notes contain many items of interest and value. The author mentions that there was no editing of the notes, and this is obvious on read ing them. Much could have been elimi nated, without loss ; other material could have been elaborated upon. Each lecturer should have had the opportunity of look ing over his remarks, not with the idea of changing them, but rather with the pur pose of ironing out the rough places, cor recting obvious mistakes and wrong im pressions without sacrifice of informality. The lectures are not dated, although it would be of interest to know when Drs. Elschnig, Bielschowsky, and Robert E. Wright, for example, lectured. The lec tures by Meyer Wiener were edited by himself and glow with the speaker's per sonality and teachings. They form one of the most important and attractive sections of the work. There is undoubtedly a place for this type of ophthalmic literature, as Edward Jackson pointed out in an editorial in these pages (issue of November, 1941). It requires, however, careful treatment to be of value to any but the author him self, whose memory can be jogged by a few remarks, whereas the outsider read ing them "cold" needs more elaboration. The eye notes as presented are much too expensive, and needlessly so. Mimeographic or lithographic copies would have delivered the same message more cheaply. As it is they constitute a "collector's item" and are not for the purse of the average student of ophthalmology. Derrick Vail. T H E EXTRA-OCULAR MUSCLES, AN OUTLINE. By Wendell L. Hughes, M.D. Second edition. Paper
OBITUARY
892
covers, 32 pages, 9 illustrations. Copy righted 1939. Price $2.00 plus postage. Bound in loose-leaf style, the pages of which are blank on one side, the publi cation performs a useful function in fur nishing a quick outline review of the es sential data of the subject. The blank pages afford space for the student's own notes, and remarks of his collateral read ing. No new facts are presented, but the presentation is obviously designed for the running, reading individual and for the student who encounters the extraocular muscles for the first time and wishes re view notes. Its value will be enhanced by the number of notes and remarks that the student himself inserts from his outside reading. The teacher will find the outline useful in his class work. Derrick Vail.
OBITUARY EMILE DE GROSZ 1865-1941 Emile de Grosz was born in Nagyvarad, Hungary, on September 30, 1865. His grandfather, Frederick (1798-1858), had founded the first charity hospital for eye disease in Europe in 1830, and his father, Albert, was also an eye doctor. After careful early schooling he entered the University of Budapest, then a 300year-old institution with a five-year medi cal course, where he became an assistant in anatomy and did special work in em bryology. After graduation in 1887, he took a course in public health. The next year was spent in the eye clinics of Vienna, Prague, Berlin, Heidelberg, Paris, and Brussels, and at the end of the year he joined the department of ophthal mology at the University of Budapest as assistant. At this time the clinic had 53 beds, a small library, a very primitive laboratory,
but a huge out-patient department and a fair operating room. There was, however, no provision for private patients, who were operated on at home or in hotel rooms. The chief of the clinic selected Dr. de Grosz for his private assistant ; they carried the instruments in a small velvet-lined case and cleaned them in alcohol. For sponges they used small pieces of linen which were boiled and ironed. Professor Schulek, Dr. de Grosz's chief, had one postoperative infection in 30 years of private practice. Clinical assistants were supposed to live in the hospital and it was with great difficulty that he obtained permission to get married, which he did in 1892, marry ing Margaret de Takats. The permission came at the last minute, for he was ready to resign and obtain a position in his home town had his request been refused. This would have meant the end of his connec tion with the University and would have undoubtedly greatly modified his career. After a short honeymoon he entered the clinical service, starting with a course on operative technique for students at 7:00 to 7:30 P.M. There was no time for pri vate practice, although it was not pro hibited. In 1892, after four years of service at the clinic, Dr. de Grosz found himself in temporary charge. His chief had be come ill and two of the senior assistants left for other positions. Thus, at the age of 28 years, he was charged with the systematic lectures and the operative work, although the examinations were still given by one of the older extramural professors. He nevertheless found time for some publications relating to neuroparalytic keratitis and tabetic atrophy of the optic nerve. He also started to fre quent the meetings of the international Ophthalmologic Congress, and gave two papers in Utrecht in 1899. His friendship with Argyll Robertson, George Berry,