THE author says in the preface to the fourth edition that "translations into French and German have been asked for and are in course of preparation," and I am glad to hear it; because, although the idea of retinoscopy had its birth in France and one of the best expositions of the principle (Fick) was written for Germans, yet both German and French literature is woefully deficient in the interest we show in refraction, and no student or practitioner, in either country, could have so clear, precise, or such a common sense ...
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THE author says in the preface to the fourth edition that "translations into French and German have been asked for and are in course of preparation," and I am glad to hear it; because, although the idea of retinoscopy had its birth in France and one of the best expositions of the principle (Fick) was written for Germans, yet both German and French literature is woefully deficient in the interest we show in refraction, and no student or practitioner, in either country, could have so clear, precise, or such a common sense guide to retinoscopy in all its details, as this little book of Thorington's. I say "little" intentionally, for it is not a large octavo, and has only 86 pages of type, wide margin and clear drawings, but from beginning to end there is not a useless word nor an errant paragraph. Enthusiasm may, of course, carry an author beyond the field worked by a slower or more conservative colleague; many good eye surgeons still obtain fine results by trial lenses, ophthalmometry, and the ophthalmoscope;some oppose the methods as interpreted to be "objective," for, although it is evidently independent of the patient's response, it nevertheless is not yet capable of being automatically documented, as a true objective method should. This has nothing to do with the book itself, however, as the student should use it, for, as a text book of practical refraction, it is invaluable. Those who have used the earlier editions will be glad of the newer one; those who are beginning to study the "Shadow-test" cannot do better than to purchase Thorington's book. -- Annals of Ophthalmology , Volume 10
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