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Pp. 126. Cairo, Egypt. Schindler's Press, 1932.

G. M. Bruce, Reviewer

Arch Ophthal. 1933;9(1):157.

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The sixth report of this important and increasingly valuable institution reveals that the fight on trachoma and purulent ophthalmias is being waged with unabated vigor and resourcefulness. It is stated that 70 per cent of the blindness in Egypt is preventable, and yet the chief difficulties encountered are due to the incredible ignorance and indifference of the very people whom the investigators are striving to help. In spite of all obstacles, however, the research is progressing favorably. The director visited America last summer and is more than ever convinced that Egyptian and American trachoma are different clinical entities. He repeats that Bacillus granulosis has not yet been isolated from Egyptian cases of trachoma. The reports of unusual cases, both pathologic and clinical, are as interesting as formerly—which is very interesting indeed. Of special importance is an article by the director on the "Diagnostic Value of the Slit-Lamp . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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