Medical ophthalmology

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Preface

Hughlings Jackson concluded his presidential address at the annual meeting of the Ophthalmological Society of the United Kangdom in 1890 by adopting the following words of Dr. James Anderson (Some Ocular and Nervous Affections in Diabetes and Allied Conditions — Ophthalmic Review, 1889) : "It seems to me the best and most hopeful feature of ophthalmology is that it has relations, closer or more remote, with every branch of medicine and surgery; indeed, with almost every branch of science." These relations are to-day closer than ever and are important not only for the eye-specialist but even for the general practitioner.

The aim of this book has been to give the essential of what is known of these relations at the present day. In doing this, I have freely drawn from the authoritative monographs in the Graefe-Saemisch-Hess Handbuch II Ed., particularly from the parts written by Uhthoff, Groenouw and Leber. I have moreover received great help from Lewandowsky, Handbuch der Neurologie, the chapters of Henschen in particular, Wilbrand und Sanger, Neurologie des Auges, de Lapersonne et Cantonnet, Neurologie Oculaire and from the Transactions of the Ophthalmological Society of the United Kangdom. The indebtedness is furthermore acknowledged by appropriate footnotes in which the names of the authors consulted are given.

It has seemed desirable to introduce the subject matter with an illustrated description of ophthalmological anatomy, especially of the anatomy of the nervous system connected with sight. In this part I was fortunate enough to enlist the cooperation of Professor Otto Marburg of Vienna and it is with pleasure that I take this opportunity of expressing my deep gratitude.

Arnold Knapp.

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