The Principles and Practice of Perimetry.

Abstract

The reception and popularity of this well written book is attested by the necessity of a third edition within a comparatively short time. This edition is an amplification of the previous two, brought down to date and enriched by the personal experience of the author. The first thirty-seven pages are given over to the anatomy and physiology of the visual pathway with brief but adequate descriptions. Part II, consisting of fifteen pages, deals with normal visual fields. The next fifty-five pages comprise part III, in which the methods and technic of field taking are discussed at length. The various instruments are depicted and their advantages and disadvantages are discussed at leigth in a clear manner. Part IV, of twenty-one pages, deals with the general pathology of the visual field. In Part V the special pathology of the fields is discussed in 126 pages, richly illustrated with visual field charts showing