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THE study of ocular pathology occupies a some what anomalous position in general pathology. In contrast to the extensive knowledge on the comparative anatomy of the eye, there is little systematized information on comparative pathology. In human pathology, the position of this specialized study is likewise unsatisfactory. Clinical ophthalmology is probably the most exact of the medical disciplines, for the diseases of the interior of the eye are almost as readily amenable to direct inspection as those of the outer eye. The wealth of biomicroscopic and fundus studies is, however, poorly supported by histological findings. Eye disease rarely leads to death, so that the special eye institutions have only very occasional opportunities of post-mortem examination, while such eyes as are removed in life generally show extensive secondary complications which have led to the removal of the eye; the primary processes themselves are not often seen under the microscope.
A Pathology of the Eye
By Eugene Wolff. Second edition. Pp. vii + 285. (London: H. K. Lewis and Co., Ltd., 1944.) 42s. net.
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A Pathology of the Eye. Nature 156, 279 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/156279a0
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