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THIS book, written by an ophthalmic surgeon who has been also for ten years a demonstrator of anatomy, is a thoroughly reliable description of the eye, its appendages, most of the nervous structures concerned in vision, and their anatomical relations. It is more than this, for the dry details are enlivened by historical notes, and, even more useful, by implications bearing upon pathological conditions. As might be expected from one who has worked in intimate association with Prof. Elliot Smith, the parts of the brain concerned in vision are specially well done. Two chapters are devoted to the development of the eye and comparative anatomy; they are by no means exhaustive, but they are excellent summaries and whet the student's appetite for more.
The Anatomy of the Eye and Orbit: including the Central Connections, Development and Comparative Anatomy of the Visual Apparatus.
By Eugene Wolff. Pp. viii + 310. (London: H. K. Lewis and Co., Ltd., 1933.) 31s. 6d. net.
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The Anatomy of the Eye and Orbit: including the Central Connections, Development and Comparative Anatomy of the Visual Apparatus. Nature 132, 767 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/132767d0
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