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ciency of such teaching; and to draw to themselves students who cross the seas. But in certain important respects American methods of opthalmic practice are better than those current in Europe. The opportunities and quality of teaching should be equally good here. here. The mass of those who treat the eyes of Americans will be trained in America. They must be as well trained as the mass of ophthalmologists in the old world. As our profession comes to understand what a good school of ophthalmology is, and the need for it, and proceeds to make its influence felt on the laity, the schools we need will be forthcoming. The American Board for Ophthalmic Examinations is one means for making our needs felt. As was pointed out in the reports made by its members of the Board to the Section on Ophthalmology of the A. M. A., after next year the American Ophthalmological Society and the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Oto-Laryngology will require the certificate of the Board for admission to membership. It is also proposed next year to cease awarding the certificate on any examination that does not at least include the submission of case reports. In the beginning there were older members of the profession whose published records were a sufficient basis for deciding their fitness for the certificate. Now, and in the next year, these will have had their opportunity to apply for such recognition. It is fair to suppose that if they have not done so, in the first five years of this effort on the part of ophthalmologists to raise their standard of training, that they do not care to lend their names to assist in the movement, or to ally themselves with the body that will be more and more the regular ophthalmic profession of the future. It seems proper, therefore, at this time to establish the single gateway of admission to such recognition. Prompt application for examination will give material assistance to the new movement, and still give applicants the benefit, if benefit it be, of having
their past work recognized in the examination. But all who are awake to the changes going on about them must recognize that this is a period of transition; and in the future, men will be more thoroly and systematically trained for ophthalmic practice; and the general profession and the public will be more exacting with regard to evidences of good training. E. J. T H E OSLER ANNIVERSARY. ' On July 12th of this year occurred the seventieth anniversary of the birth of Sir William Osier. With cordial enthusiasm members of the English speaking medical profession united to do him honor in a memorial volume that developed so that it had to be divided. The original papers announced to appear therein number 139, representing every department of medicine. Sir William has not been especially connected with the field of ophthalmology. But his service in the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital placed him in the class with Albutt, Hughlings Jackson, Jonathan Hutchinson and Sir W m . Gowers, of those whose acquaintance with the exactness of methods of ophthalmic diagnosis has contributed to their eminence in other fields of medicine and surgery.' In view of Osier's catholic interest in all that pertains to medical science, it is appropriate that the memorial volume should contain papers relating to ophthalmology. There are five of these all by American writers, as follows: Oxycephaly and Exophthalmos, by George Dock, of St. Louis, an internist. The Schematic Drawing of the Eye in Its Historic Development, by the late Mortimer Frank, of Chicago. Visual Disturbances of Polycythemia Vera, by Harry Friedenwald of Baltimore. Description of Minute Sarcoma, with Histologic Findings, by John E. Weeks, of New York. Eyes of the Burrowing Owl, Special
EDITORIALS Reference to the Fundus Oculi, by Casey A. Wood, of Chicago. Chronic Tuberculosis of the Choroid, by Edward Jackson, of Denver. From his colleagues and admirers among American ophthalmologists, we offer sincere congratulations and good wishes; with the hope that he will live up to his centenarian family history; and long continue the active, progres>sive, wise leader that he is to the medical profession.
E. J.
BOOK NOTICES. Squibbs Materia Medica. 1919 Edition. Published by E. R. Squibb & Sons, New York (gratuitous). This is an exhaustive series of formulas and descriptions of the products gotten out by this well-known pharmaceutical house. The occasion of its publication is the one-hundredth birthday anniversary of the late Dr. E. R. Squibb, the founder of the house; and the sixtieth anniversary of its foundation. This little book is useful for reference ; more so perhaps to the ophthalmologist than to some of his professional colleagues, who are habitually prescribing a wide range of drugs for internal use. H. V. W .
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The Refraction of the Eye. A Manual for Students. By Gustavus Hartridge, F. R. C. S. Sixteenth Edition. (See also p. 546.) The fact that this little book has run sixteen editions from the time of its first publication in 1884, bespeaks its popularity and something of its value. The size of the book has Remained about the same, the present edition being 281 pages, including the index. The author has, from time to time, condensed portions and included newer methods. In this last edition will be found the broken ring test chart of Landolt; newer references to the shadow test, which the English call Retinoscopy and brief notes on heterophoria, which, with its subdivisions, now seems to be accepted by our English cousins as a proper nomenclature. W e note that "cyclophoria is only occasionally met with in this country, tho cases seem frequently to occur in America." Also that asthenopia is sometimes due to diseased teeth. In other respects this edition is like the previous ones, discussing the subject of refraction in a personal way that makes easy reading for the student. For the sixteenth time we recommend this book for teaching purposes and as a vade mecum for the refractionist. H. V. W .
NEWS ITEMS Personals and items of interest should be sent to Dr. Melville Black, 424 Metropolitan Building, Denver, Colorado. They should be sent in by the 25th of the month. The following gentlemen have consented to supply the news from their respective sections: Dr. Edmond E, Blaauw, Buffalo; Dr. H. Alexander Brown, San Francisco; Dr. V. A. Chapman, Milwaukee; Dr. Robert Fagin, Memphis; Dr. M. Feingold, New Orleans; Dr. Wm. F. Hardy, St. Louis; Dr. Geo. F. Keiper, LaFayette, Indiana; Dr. Geo. H. Kress, Los Angeles; Dr. W. H. Lowell, Boston; Dr. Pacheco Luna, Guatemala City, Central America; Dr. Wm. R. Murray, Minneapolis; Dr. G. Oram Ring, Philadelphia; Dr. Chas. P. Small, Chicago; Dr. John E. Virden, New York City; Dr. John O. McReynoIds, Dallas, Texas; Dr. Edward F. Parker, Charleston, S. C. Volunteers are needed in other localities. DEATHS.
Dr. F. K. Brown died in Philadelphia on May 31st. Dr. C. B. Bush died in Philadelphia on May 27th. Walter T. Clegg, of Liverpool, died suddenly of pneumonia, at the age of sixty years.
L. E. Desjardins, a professor in Laval Medical College, Montreal, died recently. Dr. William M. Floyd, of Henderson, Kentucky, died on May 17th. Dr. Hiram L. Lutz, of Philadelphia, died on June 8th. Erik Nordenson, of _ Stockholm, died last February of influenza in his 72nd year.
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ciency of such teaching; and to draw to themselves students who cross the seas. But in certain important respects American methods of opthalmic practice are better than those current in Europe. The opportunities and quality of teaching should be equally good here. here. The mass of those who treat the eyes of Americans will be trained in America. They must be as well trained as the mass of ophthalmologists in the old world. As our profession comes to understand what a good school of ophthalmology is, and the need for it, and proceeds to make its influence felt on the laity, the schools we need will be forthcoming. The American Board for Ophthalmic Examinations is one means for making our needs felt. As was pointed out in the reports made by its members of the Board to the Section on Ophthalmology of the A. M. A., after next year the American Ophthalmological Society and the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Oto-Laryngology will require the certificate of the Board for admission to membership. It is also proposed next year to cease awarding the certificate on any examination that does not at least include the submission of case reports. In the beginning there were older members of the profession whose published records were a sufficient basis for deciding their fitness for the certificate. Now, and in the next year, these will have had their opportunity to apply for such recognition. It is fair to suppose that if they have not done so, in the first five years of this effort on the part of ophthalmologists to raise their standard of training, that they do not care to lend their names to assist in the movement, or to ally themselves with the body that will be more and more the regular ophthalmic profession of the future. It seems proper, therefore, at this time to establish the single gateway of admission to such recognition. Prompt application for examination will give material assistance to the new movement, and still give applicants the benefit, if benefit it be, of having
their past work recognized in the examination. But all who are awake to the changes going on about them must recognize that this is a period of transition; and in the future, men will be more thoroly and systematically trained for ophthalmic practice; and the general profession and the public will be more exacting with regard to evidences of good training. E. J. T H E OSLER ANNIVERSARY. ' On July 12th of this year occurred the seventieth anniversary of the birth of Sir William Osier. With cordial enthusiasm members of the English speaking medical profession united to do him honor in a memorial volume that developed so that it had to be divided. The original papers announced to appear therein number 139, representing every department of medicine. Sir William has not been especially connected with the field of ophthalmology. But his service in the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital placed him in the class with Albutt, Hughlings Jackson, Jonathan Hutchinson and Sir W m . Gowers, of those whose acquaintance with the exactness of methods of ophthalmic diagnosis has contributed to their eminence in other fields of medicine and surgery.' In view of Osier's catholic interest in all that pertains to medical science, it is appropriate that the memorial volume should contain papers relating to ophthalmology. There are five of these all by American writers, as follows: Oxycephaly and Exophthalmos, by George Dock, of St. Louis, an internist. The Schematic Drawing of the Eye in Its Historic Development, by the late Mortimer Frank, of Chicago. Visual Disturbances of Polycythemia Vera, by Harry Friedenwald of Baltimore. Description of Minute Sarcoma, with Histologic Findings, by John E. Weeks, of New York. Eyes of the Burrowing Owl, Special
EDITORIALS Reference to the Fundus Oculi, by Casey A. Wood, of Chicago. Chronic Tuberculosis of the Choroid, by Edward Jackson, of Denver. From his colleagues and admirers among American ophthalmologists, we offer sincere congratulations and good wishes; with the hope that he will live up to his centenarian family history; and long continue the active, progres>sive, wise leader that he is to the medical profession.
E. J.
BOOK NOTICES. Squibbs Materia Medica. 1919 Edition. Published by E. R. Squibb & Sons, New York (gratuitous). This is an exhaustive series of formulas and descriptions of the products gotten out by this well-known pharmaceutical house. The occasion of its publication is the one-hundredth birthday anniversary of the late Dr. E. R. Squibb, the founder of the house; and the sixtieth anniversary of its foundation. This little book is useful for reference ; more so perhaps to the ophthalmologist than to some of his professional colleagues, who are habitually prescribing a wide range of drugs for internal use. H. V. W .
623
The Refraction of the Eye. A Manual for Students. By Gustavus Hartridge, F. R. C. S. Sixteenth Edition. (See also p. 546.) The fact that this little book has run sixteen editions from the time of its first publication in 1884, bespeaks its popularity and something of its value. The size of the book has Remained about the same, the present edition being 281 pages, including the index. The author has, from time to time, condensed portions and included newer methods. In this last edition will be found the broken ring test chart of Landolt; newer references to the shadow test, which the English call Retinoscopy and brief notes on heterophoria, which, with its subdivisions, now seems to be accepted by our English cousins as a proper nomenclature. W e note that "cyclophoria is only occasionally met with in this country, tho cases seem frequently to occur in America." Also that asthenopia is sometimes due to diseased teeth. In other respects this edition is like the previous ones, discussing the subject of refraction in a personal way that makes easy reading for the student. For the sixteenth time we recommend this book for teaching purposes and as a vade mecum for the refractionist. H. V. W .
NEWS ITEMS Personals and items of interest should be sent to Dr. Melville Black, 424 Metropolitan Building, Denver, Colorado. They should be sent in by the 25th of the month. The following gentlemen have consented to supply the news from their respective sections: Dr. Edmond E, Blaauw, Buffalo; Dr. H. Alexander Brown, San Francisco; Dr. V. A. Chapman, Milwaukee; Dr. Robert Fagin, Memphis; Dr. M. Feingold, New Orleans; Dr. Wm. F. Hardy, St. Louis; Dr. Geo. F. Keiper, LaFayette, Indiana; Dr. Geo. H. Kress, Los Angeles; Dr. W. H. Lowell, Boston; Dr. Pacheco Luna, Guatemala City, Central America; Dr. Wm. R. Murray, Minneapolis; Dr. G. Oram Ring, Philadelphia; Dr. Chas. P. Small, Chicago; Dr. John E. Virden, New York City; Dr. John O. McReynoIds, Dallas, Texas; Dr. Edward F. Parker, Charleston, S. C. Volunteers are needed in other localities. DEATHS.
Dr. F. K. Brown died in Philadelphia on May 31st. Dr. C. B. Bush died in Philadelphia on May 27th. Walter T. Clegg, of Liverpool, died suddenly of pneumonia, at the age of sixty years.
L. E. Desjardins, a professor in Laval Medical College, Montreal, died recently. Dr. William M. Floyd, of Henderson, Kentucky, died on May 17th. Dr. Hiram L. Lutz, of Philadelphia, died on June 8th. Erik Nordenson, of _ Stockholm, died last February of influenza in his 72nd year.