Bericht Der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft, 1936
Transcript of Bericht Der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft, 1936
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are those recent exudates of acute disease,and evidence of degenerative and vascular changes. The interior of the eye is theone part of the body in which suchchanges are likely to be manifest. By detecting them early, the eye physician canbecome an important medical consultant.
Edward Jackson.
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THALMOLOGISCHEN GESELLSCHAFT, 1936. Edited by A. Wagenmann. Paper bound, Octavo, 530 pages,illustrated. Munich, J. F. Bergmann,1936.
Amid the international politics thrustupon us by the daily papers, it is good toknow that this scientific organization,formerly called the Heidelberg Congress,still carries on. The first session of thismeeting was presided over by Professorvan der Hoeve of Leiden, who receivedan honorary degree from the MedicalFaculty of the University of Heidelberg.Other sessions were presided over byMeisner of Cologne, Muller, of Basel,Brons, of Dortmund, Holtz, of Berlin,and Riehm of Giessen.
Forty-one papers were presented anddiscussed at this meeting, but among thereaders and discussers we find very fewwho have made the reputation of thesemeetings in the past. Notable by theirpresence were Lindner, of Vienna, Pillat,of Gratz, and Lauber, now of Warsaw,The papers presented were worth reading and discussing, and some of them willbe permanent additions to the literature.The first three dealt with heredity. Oehlkers takes up hereditary eye conditionsfrom the biologic standpoint; von Verschuer from the medical standpoint; andWaardenburg reviewed the field of anomalies, with reference to such charactersas dominance, recessiveness, consanguin-
ity, and so forth. The report of the discussion on this symposium occupies 28pages.
A paper by Lauber and recent associates of Warsaw discusses the measurement of blood pressure in the retinalvessels, a subject that now seems to havea practical bearing upon the essential nature of glaucoma. Gasteiger, of Frankfurt a.M., on the histopathology of theeyes in renal-vascular disease, may alsothrow light on the same subject. Amongthe demonstrations were sections of tissue, with photographs of the patient, ina unique case-primary glioma of the orbit, in a boy three-and-one-half years old.The tumor probably started in the opticnerve. There is nothing to indicate that itwas a retinoblastoma.
Edward Jackson.
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND OTOLARYNGOLOGY, TRANSACTIONSOF THE FORTY-FIRST ANNUALMEETING. Clothbound, 841 pages,illustrated. Published by the Academy,Omaha, 1937.
The present volume comprises the proceedings of the annual meeting of theAcademy held in New York City, September 27 to October 3, 1936. In formand general make-up, the forty-first volume is quite similar to those of preceding years. Besides covering the scientificsessions, there are sections describing theinstructional subj ects, the motion picturesand the new instruments presented at themeeting. The minutes of the forty-firstannual meeting are reported. There is alsoincluded a complete alphabetical and geographical directory of members.
At the joint session the president's address, presented by Dr. Frank E. Burchof St. Paul, consisted of a comprehensivediscussion of the essentials of training for