This Article  • Full text PDF  • Reply to article  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

By Erik Skeller. Price, not given. Pp. 231, with 21 figures; 86 tables. Bianco Lunos Bogtrykkeri A/S, Copenhagen, 1954.

AMA Arch Ophthalmol. 1955;53(5):763.

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text PDF and any section headings.

With the development of the air base at Thule, a group of approximately 300 polar Eskimos have been brought into contact with civilization, an association which previously had been totally denied them because of the difficulties of travel. It was the aim of this study to record as many observations as possible from this population before contact with the outside world changed them. While this monograph deals with observations and measurements on the general anatomy of the Eskimo, special interest has been devoted to the ophthalmological sections, which deal with the measurements of the exterior of the eye and with refraction. Up until now, information concerning the Eskimo has been almost completely lacking. This study will be of value to those whose ophthalmological interests cross those of the anthropologist. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?