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By Dr. Jorge Malbrán, Oculist to the Rawson Hospital and Professor of the Ophthalmologic Clinic. Paper. Pp. 401, with 153 illustrations. Buenos Aires: El Ateneo, 1934.

S. L. Rhode, Reviewer

Arch Ophthal. 1935;13(6):1124-1125.

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The introduction gives a brief historical sketch of the development of the study of visual fields, from the first description of the concepts of "central and peripheral vision" by Galen, in the second century, to the modern advancement of perimetry by Ferree, Rand and others in the twentieth century. Because of the dearth of publications on the subject in his country, Malbrán has been motivated to offer in the present work the results of daily personal studies extending over a period of more than five years.

In the first part he takes up the anatomy and physiology of the optic tract, describing what he believes is the most nearly correct distribution of the optic radiation in the calcarine cortex according to the recent work of Balado. Then follows a description of the normal visual field, together with a detailed discussion of the intrinsic and extrinsic factors modifying it. A short . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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