Miners' Nystagmus an Investigation of Miners' Nystagmus
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As an ophthalmic and aural surgeon practising in a colliery area, I meet many cases of miners' nystagmus in miners' hospitals, and mnany cases are referred to me by colliery companies and the South Wales Miners' Federation. I feel I have some advantage over some previous investigators, I am both an ophthalmic and an aural surgeon; I have not read any literature which states that the inner ear has previously been investigated in connection with this disease. The following table shows how nystagmus has increased since 1910, and the economic drain it is upon the country
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تاریخ انتشار 2004