DISTURBANCES OF VISION BY CEREBRAL LESIONS

G. Holmes

British Journal of Ophthalmology · 1918 · 543 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

months ago I was able to present to this Section with my colleague, Colonel Lister, certain clinical observations on the disturbances of vision produced by gunshot injuries of the visual cortex and of the optic radiations. From these we drew certain conclusions on the cortical representation of the retina, and particularly on the segmental correspondence of different areas of the retina with separate zones of the visual cortex. Our chief conclusions were: