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Show 220 BOOK REVIEWS enter or re- enter the world of strabismus therapy, will also benefit greatly from this text. Critical appraisal: Strabismus Management achieves all of its goals for its intended audience. For a text of its scope, it is the most complete and up- to- date work on this topic on the market today. It will be a useful and frequently referenced addition to many libraries. R. Michael Siatkowski Miami, Florida Books in brief Barrett Katz, MD Neuro- Ophthalmological Disorders: Diagnostic Work- Up and Management, edited by Ronald J. Tusa and Stephen A. Newman. Marcel Dekker, Inc, New York, 1994, $ 195.00. This book provides practical and timely information for the practicing clinician. Drs. Tusa and Newman have edited material by neurologists and ophthalmologists with both basic science and clinical interests within neuro- ophthalmology. Chapters are short and written with clarity, brevity, and simplicity. Whereas this is neither a textbook nor an encyclopedic source of information in neuro- ophthalmologic problems and principals, it is a comprehensive array of explicit summaries of clinical topics written by the people most interested in those areas. Indeed, it is an opportunity for many of the contributors to share what they view to be the most cogent aspects of their areas of especial interests and expertise. The volume is eminently readable. Its format is reminiscent of the old University of Miami series in neuro-ophthalmology. It is divided into five sections: the afferent system, the efferent system, cavernous sinus and orbit, technological advances in neuro- ophthalmology, and pathology. Each chapter stands by itself. Most are well illustrated with photographs, schematics, and tables. The strength of the text arises from the good match between contributing authors and assigned topics. The book is of particular interest to those already grounded in neuro-ophthalmology since they will most appreciate the concise recapitulations of topics formulated in this compendium. The authors have assembled useful and practical summaries by practice physicians and aimed them toward the practicing community. This fine text is worth a visit. Practical Pediatric Ophthalmology, by David Taylor and Creig Hoyt. Blackwell Science, Ltd., London, 1997, $ 65.00. This monograph, written by Drs. Taylor and Hoyt, offers the rest of us a distillation of their knowledge, experience, and intellect. Written in the tradition of Jack Kerouac's On the Road, it is a travelogue through the often perilous landmarks of pediatric ophthalmology by two of its finest clinicians. The authors share that it took them but a week do this; one can only imagine what they would have come up with had they taken a month. The book makes liberal use of illustrations with outstanding color photographs- many of them taken from David Taylor's Pediatric Ophthalmology text. The writing shows brevity, style, class, and wit. The illustrations afford wonderful neuroradiologic imaging, some schematics, and line drawings. Specific techniques for performing many procedures- from a lachrymal sac massage to Tensilon testing- are offered in summary form. For those of us not as gifted as Drs. Hoyt and Taylor, this text is a good place to begin reading about other than garden variety pediatric ophthalmology. The book is a wonderful compendium to those ophthalmologsts who see children, and a testament to the cogency of thinking and many talents of Drs. Hoyt and Taylor. J Neuro- Ophlhalmol, Vol. 17, No. 3, 1997 |
