Historia de la Oftalmologia Española

Historia de la Oftalmologia Espaniola, by Luis S. GRANJEL, Salamanca, Universidad de Salamanca, 1964, pp. 150, illus. No price given. Professor Granjel has accorded special attention to the contributions of the Arabic school in Spain and to the analysis of Daza de Valdes's treatise (1623) which is one of the great books on refraction as applied to the human eye. The author must be praised for his objective and balanced presentation of Spanish contemporary ophthalmology, so rich in names and accomplishment, without it being marred by recent events. It is always difficult not to omit names in contemporary surveys and some late ophthalmologists deserve to be included in Granjel's records, such as A. Moreu's contributions to glaucoma, but, for method, analysis and references, this work is a compact and valuable contribution. F. GUERRA