Diseases of the Lens and Vitreous: Glaucoma and Hypotony

This is perhaps the most outstanding volume to appear in theSystem of Ophthalmology, a series that has been outstanding in many ways. The subjects of cataract and glaucoma, which command the greatest amount of space in the volume, are in the main stream of interest of every practicing ophthalmologist. At the same time they are of central interest to the editor. This felicitous occurrence has resulted in an account of these two subjects which is current, exhaustive, and authoritative. Such a text on clinical aspects of the lens has been long overdue. We have been more fortunate with material on glaucoma because of the current and useful Becker and Shaffer volume. Nevertheless the glaucoma section in this new text is both useful and welcome. More than twice the number of pages is devoted to this subject matter compared to the 1940 volume 3 of theTextbook of Ophthalmology. Particularly