Abstract
FROM time to time, reports have appeared of the occurrence in human eyes of the phenomenon of “night-shining”, which as was indicated in a recent paragraph (NATURE, March 30, p. 506) has been observed in many animals by Ernest P. Walker, assistant director of the National Park of the Smithsonian Institution. It was there stated that o Mr. Walker had no definite proof of such cases, although he had encountered reports of them. That statement has led Denis G. A. Dyson, King Edward VI School, Stratford-on-Avon, to write saying that for many years he has known of an “undoubted case” of shining eyes in a shop assistant in Birmingham. Although, not being aware of the rarity of such an occurrence he made no particular observations, his impression is that the glow was of a “dark red colour”. In view of the apparent lack of information about such a condition in human beings, it would be of interest if some scientific worker could follow up Mr. Dyson's clue.
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Shining in Human Eyes. Nature 145, 737 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/145737a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/145737a0