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By G. Sala. Price, 50 liras. Pp. 206, with 88 illustrations. Bologna: Licinio Cappelli.

La Rocca V., Reviewer

Arch Ophthal. 1938;19(6):1035-1036.

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This is the first manual of biomicroscopy of the eye for the use of the practicing oculist that has appeared in Italian. The book is divided in two parts. In the first part the Zeiss slit lamp is described minutely, and the principles of the biomicroscopic examination are explained. The technic of this examination, with the different illuminations used, is well described, and useful advice is given for the interpretation of the images seen.

The second part deals with the description of the different parts of the eye, and the chapters are divided according to their anatomic precedence. Gonioscopy is mentioned briefly.

The book is plainly written and can easily be understood by the beginner. It is rich in illustrations, several of which were made by the author ; they help to give in a schematic form a clear picture of the progress made with this objective examination of . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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