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THE general fact that a person's state of health may be judged from the expression of the eye is well known. In the book before us Dr. Linnell shows that every tissue of the eye at times affords points of diagnostic importance. As he points out, “Examination of the eyes affords valuable aid not only in the diagnosis of diseases of the central nervous system, but also of constitutional affections and diseases of other organs.” It is to obtain a wider recognition of the relations of diseases of the eye to general diseases, and to place before the student and family physician the experience of a specialist as to the eye symptoms which are valuable in diagnosis, that this book has been written. The volume will doubtless prove a serviceable handbook of diagnosis to the general practitioner.
The Eye as an Aid in General Diagnosis: a Handbook for the Use of Students and General Practitioners.
By E. H. Linnell Pp. 248. (Philadelphia: The Edwards and Docker Company, 1897.)
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The Eye as an Aid in General Diagnosis: a Handbook for the Use of Students and General Practitioners. Nature 56, 493 (1897). https://doi.org/10.1038/056493c0
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