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ophthalmologist, a scientist, and a master-ful teacher, we have had the privilege of learning to know Edward Jackson as a kindly, humane sort of man who was our friend and champion. The Pacific Coast ophthalmologists will miss him sorely.

Frederick C. Conies.

To all of us who knew Dr. Edward Jackson, his death comes as a shock. We looked up to him as a leader in oph-thalmology. Perhaps no other physician in our day was.more the exemplification of high ethical standards, a scientific at-titude, and true leadership for younger men. Furthermore, his friendliness and kindness endeared him to all of us. When I think of Dr. Jackson, the recurring thought is his intense interest in oph-thalmology, and his willingness to advise those of us who were younger, but also interested in our specialty.

C. S. O 'BRIEN.

B O O K N O T I C E S

MANUAL PRACTICO DE OFTAL-MOLOGtA. By Raul Arganaraz, M.D., Chief of Ophthalmology, Facul-ty of Medicine, Buenos Aires. Third edition. Published by El Ateneo, Bue-nos Aires, 1942. Paper bound, 817 pages, 695 illustrations. The manual represents the compilation

of clinical lectures as given to students of ophthalmology at the University of Bue-nos Aires and is intended as a guide for students in this field and for medical practitioners. The author emphasizes in the introduction his dislike for the need of taking notes during lectures and sug-gests this volume may obviate that need.

The text is divided into 24 chapters. Half of these consider diseases of in-dividual structures of the eye, as the lids, conjunctiva, and so forth, while the re-mainder are concerned with the following

subjects: Congenital anomalies, Examina-tion of the interior of the eye, Diseases of the nervous system and other organs by pupillary signs, Ocular trauma, Disturb-ances of the motor apparatus, Refraction of the eye, Amblyopia and amaurosis, Intraocular tumors, and Ocular allergy. Each chapter is introduced with a brief consideration of the anatomy, physiology, and physiopathology of the ocular struc-ture under discussion. The classification, clinical manifestations, differential diag-nosis, and medical and surgical treatment of ocular diseases are presented. The pages given to methods of examination of ocular functions and their derangements, and the interpretation of the results of such examinations are particularly well presented and instructive.

The work is very readable and well or-ganized, which compensates for the rather inadequate index to its pages. Many of the illustrations, which number 695, are clinical photographs and many of the drawings are in color. In general, these illustrations are well reproduced, although occasionally they are limited in number and in size.

Because of the author's ambition to in-clude in a single volume of standard size such an encompassing consideration of ophthalmology in general, any extensive detail was impossible to achieve. No chap-ter, therefore, is fully complete in the discussion of its subject. In fact, the author points out that he has not at-tempted the weary task of presenting ex-haustive scientific discussions of ocular problems, but rather has elected the in-dispensable fundamentals of ophthal-mology. The manual admirably accom-plishes this aim and presents to the stu-dent and practitioner a clear and concise guide to the examination, diagnosis, and treatment of functions and diseases of the eye.

R. A. Westsmith.