Ocular Histology: A Text and Atlas

As the authors state in their introduction, the object of their text is to bridge the gap between light microscopy and electron microscopy as applied to ocular structures. With this objective in mind the cytological approach employed is a logical one. After an introductory chapter on electron microscopy and four others on cytology and cellular relationships, each of the ocular substructures is treated in turn. The well-reproduced illustrations, on which the entire exposition depends, comprise gross specimens, external photographs, light micrographs and electron micrographs of superior quality. The authors, each of whom is an ophthalmic pathologist and a practicing ophthalmologist, fulfil well their stated objective. They have laid the groundwork for a future text on electron microscopic pathology of the eye, a subject to which each has already made contributions in the literature.