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Dr. W. L. Benedict

AMA Arch Ophthalmol. 1955;53(4):546.

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GENERAL NEWS

Postgraduate Course in Ophthalmology, Brazilian Society of Ophthalmology.

—The First Postgraduate Course on Ophthalmology, sponsored by the Brazilian Society of Ophthalmology, took place in Rio de Janeiro, Jan. 10 to Feb. 5, 1955. Dr. Almiro Azeredo was the director, and the teachers were Professors Abreu Fialho, Almiro Azeredo, Barbosa Luz, Evaldo Campos, Jonas Arruda, Joviano Rezende, Luis Novias, Luiz Eurico Ferreira, N. Moura Brazil, Paulo Pimental, Rafael Benchimol, R. Fernandes, R. Rolin, and Werter Duque Estrada.

The following courses were offered:

First week: Anatomy, histology, and physiology related to the eye, including laboratory studies

Second week: Eye examination and pathology

Third week: Eye examination and pathology

Fourth week: Eye surgery, including the training of surgery in the eyes of animals

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