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by Kevin M. Miller, Hilda Capo, Robert A. Mallette, and David L. Guyton, 156-pp booklet, four 60-minute cassette tapes, and 100 color slides, St Louis, Mo, CV Mosby Co, 1989, $275.

Robert A. Petersen, MD, Reviewer
Boston, Mass

Arch Ophthalmol. 1991;109(6):783-784.

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This slide, tape, and text monograph is a superb introduction to and thorough treatment of ocular motility and binocular vision that will be of use primarily to medical students and beginning residents. Practitioners who are not specialists in pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus will find it a very useful review that could be used profitably from time to time to refresh their memories.

"... a superb introduction to and thorough treatment of ocular motility and binocular vision..."

The topic is thoroughly covered, but further information might add to the completeness and clarity of the text. For example, it might be useful in the anatomy section to point out that the inferior oblique muscle has its origin in the anteromedial inferior orbit. Similarly, it would be helpful for the understanding of retinal rivalry and Panum's fusional area to include slides illustrating these concepts. The text and spoken commentary about exotropia that accompany slide . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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