Further Reading
The further reading suggested is not comprehensive, but will give you more information on various topics than I have been able to o er in this book.
Chapter 1
Only for the most enthusiastic or those with related careers in mind:
Bron, A., Tripathi, R. C. and Tripathi, B. (1997), Wol ’s anatomy of the eye and orbit. Chapman and Hall Medical, London.
Forrester, J., Dick, A., McMenamin, P. and Lee, W. (1996), The eye. Basic sciences in practice. W. B. Saunders, London.
Chapter 2
Again more for the enthusiast than the casually interested reader: Adler, F. H. (1999), Physiology of the eye. Times Mirror, London.
Burton, R. (1970), Animal senses. David and Charles, Newton Abbot. Davson, H. (1980), Physiology of the eye. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh.
Goldstein, E. B. (1996), Sensation and perception. Brookes/Cole Publishing, Pacific Grove.
Gregory, R. (1998), Eye and brain. The psychology of seeing. Oxford University Press, Oxford and Tokyo.
Gregory, R., Harris, J., Heard, P. and Rose, D. (1995), The artful eye. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Zeki, S. M. (1993), A vision of the brain. Blackwell, Oxford.
Chapter 3
An odd mix of books that are strange bedfellows, but I hope some may be of interest:
Albert, D. A. and Edwards, D. D. (1996), The history of ophthalmology. Blackwell, Cambridge, MA.
Bates, W. H. (1995), Better eyesight without glasses. Thorsons, London.
Cobb, S. R. (1987), Optometrist on a Scottish Hebridean island. Vantage Press, New York.
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Colton, J. and Colton, S. (1996), Health essentials. Iridology. Element Books, Shaftsbury.
Duke-Elder, S. (1962), The foundations of ophthalmology. Kimpton, London. Okhravi, N. (1997), Manual of primary eye care. Butterworth Heinemann, Oxford.
Perry, J. P. and Tullo, A. B. (1995), Care of the ophthalmic patient. Chapman & Hall, London.
Rowe, F. (1997), Clinical orthoptics. Blackwell, Oxford.
Chapter 4
In addition to the books recommended for chapter 3, the following may be of interest:
Batterbury, M. and Bowling, B. (1999), Ophthalmology – an illustrated colour text. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh.
Chawla, H. B. (1993), Ophthalmology. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh.
Kennerley Banks, J. L. (1994), Clinical ophthalmology. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh.
Chapter 5
A very variable batch of reading. Some of these are fun while others are specialized, but all of them I think are interesting:
Banks, G. (1980), Banks of England. Arthur Barker, London. Blunkett, D. (1995), On a clear day. Michael O’Mara Books, London.
Bruno, F. (1992), The eye of the tiger. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London.
Charles, R. and Ritz, D. (1992), Brother Ray. Ray Charles’ own story. Da Capo Press, New York.
Craker, C. (1992), Get into classical music. Bantam Books, Toronto.
Halliday, F. E. (1970), Wordsworth and his world. Thames & Hudson, London. Hibbert, C. (1995), Nelson. A personal history. Penguin Books, London.
Keates, J. (1992), Handel. The man and his music. Guernsey Press, Channel Islands. Kendall, Richard (1992), Cézanne by himself. BCA, London and New York. Marmor, M. F. and Ravin, J. G. (1997), The eye of the artist. Mosby, St Louis. O’Shea, J. (1993), Music and medicine. J. M. Dent, London.
Routledge, P. (1998), Gordon Brown: the biography. Simon & Schuster, London. Taylor, D. (1985), Frame by frame: Dennis Taylor. Queen Anne Press, London.
Trevor-Roper, P. (1970), The world through blunted sight. Thames & Hudson, London.
Chapter 6
Ackerman, D. (1996), A natural history of the senses. Phoenix, London. Berger, J. (1990), Ways of seeing. Penguin Books, London.
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Binder, P. (1973), Magic symbols of the world. Hamlyn, London. Cole, J. (1999), About face. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA and London. Duck, S. (1986), Human relationships. Sage, London.
Groning, K. (1996), Decorated skin. A world survey of body art. Thames & Hudson, London.
Kleege, G. (1998), Sight unseen. Yale University Press, New Haven and London. Kuusisto, S. (1998), Planet of the blind. Faber & Faber, London.
McGavin, D. D. M. (1996), ‘World blindness and community eye health’. Eye News, vol. 3, 7–11.
McNeill, D. (2000), The face. Penguin Books, London.
New Larousse encyclopedia of mythology (1973). Hamlyn, London. Packard, V. (1991), The hidden persuaders. Penguin, New York.
Simms, J. (no date), A practical guide to beauty therapy. Stanley Thornes, Cheltenham. Weale, R. A. (1963), The ageing eye. Lewis and Co., London.
Chapter 7
Ask at your local library on how to get the specialised texts; there are also HMSO and WHO publications:
Evans, J. et al. (1996), ‘Blindness and partial sight in England and Wales: April 1990–March 1991’. Health Trends, vol. 28, 5–12.
Johnson, G. J., Minassian, D. C. and Weale, R. (1998), The epidemiology of eye disease. Chapman and Hall, London.
Useful addresses
BATES METHOD TEACHERS
PO Box 25
Shoreham by the Sea BN43 6ZF
Tel: 0190 387 7510
BRITISH COUNCIL FOR PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS
12 Hardcourt Street
London W1H 1DS
Tel: 020 7724 3716
BRITISH ORTHOPTIC SOCIETY
Tavistock House North
Tavistock Square
London WC1H 9H
Tel: 020 7387 7992
BRITISH RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA SOCIETY
PO Box 350
Buckingham MK18 5EL
Tel: 01280 860363
BRITISH SOCIETY OF IRIDOLOGISTS
998 Wimborne Road
Bournemouth
Dorset BH9 2DE
Tel: 01202 518078
COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRISTS
42 Craven Street
London WC2N 5NG
Tel: 020 7839 6000
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GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND
Hillfields
Burghfield Common
Reading
Berkshire RG7 3YG
Tel: 0118 9835555
INTERNATIONAL GLAUCOMA ASSOCIATION
108c Warner Road
Camberwell,
London SE5 9HQ
Tel: 020 7737 3265
MACULAR DISEASE SOCIETY
PO Box 247
Haywards Heath RH17 5FF
Tel: 0990 143573
ROYAL COLLEGE OF OPHTHALMOLOGISTS
17 Cornwall Terrace
London NW1 4QW
Tel: 020 7935 0702
ROYAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND (RNIB)
224 Great Portland Street
London W1N 6AA
Tel: 020 7388 1266
AUTHOR’S ADDRESS
Unit of Ophthalmology
Department of Medicine University Clinical Departments Duncan Building
Daulby Street Liverpool L69 3GA
Tel: 0151 706 4098
e-mail eye123@liverpool.ac.uk http://www.liv.ac.uk/ophthalmology/