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By Adalbert Fuchs, M.D., E. O. Professor of Ophthalmology of the University of Vienna. First English Edition. Translated by Eric Pressburger, M.D.; Edited by Abraham Schlossman, M.D. Philadelphia: The Blakiston Company, 1949. Edition limited to 995 numbered copies.

Francis H. Adler, Reviewer

Arch Ophthal. 1949;41(5):656.

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This beautifully illustrated text on diseases of the ocular fundus is the first English edition of the author's well known book in German. It is greatly to the credit of the American publishers that they have undertaken this edition, which is limited to slightly less than 1,000 copies. The text has exceptional value because of the author's long experience in the histopathology of the eye. As a result of this, he is able to correlate the ophthalmoscopically visible changes with the histologic picture, and a unique feature of the book is the publication of plates illustrating the histopathology along with the fundus picture.

The translation by Dr. Eric Pressburger is excellent and, unlike so many translations, particularly those from the German, is in good English style with short, readable sentences. Some of this credit must also go to the editor, Dr. Abraham Schlossman.

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