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III. AN APPARATUS FOR STUDYING REGIONAL DIFFERENCES IN LIGHT SENSE

LOUISE L. SLOAN, Ph.D.

Arch Ophthal. 1939;22(2):233-251.

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The instrument described in this paper was devised for the especial purpose of making comparative studies of light sensitivity from the center to the periphery throughout the entire retina. A review of the recent literature on instruments and technics for measuring light sense and dark adaptation¹ indicated that none of them were suitable for this particular type of investigation.

In the first paper of this series I outlined what I believed to be the requirements of an ideal clinical instrument for testing light sense. These requirements were as follows: (a) a preexposure field of constant brightness; (b) illumination of the test field with light of known composition, variable in intensity by known amounts over a wide range ; (c) standardization of the size of the pupil; (d) control of fixation, and (e) norms for distinguishing between pathologic and normal light thresholds. This instrument was devised to fulfil these five requirements . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations

From the Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute of the Johns Hopkins University and Hospital.

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