Abstract

A. Edward Davis, formerly professor of ophthalmology and consultant in ophthalmology of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital (Columbia University), has given in a book of one hundred and sixty-one pages an elaboration of the medical treatment of cataract. His object has been to learn the cause of senile cataract and a method of retarding its progress or of clearing up the opacities. His efforts in this field have been persistent over a period of years. The book is divided into twelve chapters. The historical aspects of the subjects are given, followed by a review of the various theories of the etiology of cataract. The importance of early diagnosis is stressed ; the pupil should be dilated to afford complete examination of the crystalline lens. If incipient cataract is found, the patient should have the condition explained to him so that he may more readily agree to the

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