Eye Surgery An Introduction to Operative Technique
The reactions to the German edition of this book have been most contradic tory. While some readers found the book absolutely unnecessary ("Surgery is learned from practice, not from theory"), others were enthusiastic (" Just the sort of book I have alway
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EYE SURGERY An Introduction to Operative Technique With an Introduction by Peter Niesel Translated by Terry C. Telger
With 357 Figures, Most in Color Drawings by Peter Schneider
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York 1980
GEORG EISNER, MD, Professor of Ophthamology Universitats-Augenklinik Bern PETER NIESEL, MD, Professor of Ophthamology Universitats-Augenklinik Bern PETER SCHNEIDER, Medical Artist Abteilung fUr Unterrichtsmedien der UniversiHit Bern Translator: TERRY C. TELGER, 3054 Vaughan Ave., Marina, California 93933jUSA
Title of the German Edition: Georg Eisner, Augenchirurgie [:. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1978
ISBN-13: 978-3-642-96562-3 DOl: 10.1007/978-3-642-96560-9
e-ISBN-13: 978-3-642-96560-9
Eye surgery. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data. Eisner, Georg, 1930Includes index. I. Eye-Surgery. 1. Title. Translation of Augenchirurgie. Bibliography: p. [DNLM: 1. Eye-Surgery. WWI68 E36a] RE80.E3813 617.7'1 80-10856 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically those of translation, reprinting, re-use of illustrations, broadcasting, reproduction by photocopying machine or similar means, and storage in data banks. Under §54 of the German Copyright Law where copies are made for other than private use, a fee is payable to the publisher, the amount of the fee to be determined by agreement with the publisher.
© by Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1980 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1980 The use of general descriptive names, trade marks, etc. in this publication, even if the former are not especially identified, is not be taken as a sign that such names as understood by the Trade Marks and Merchandise Marks Act, may accordingly be used freely by anyone. 2123/3130-543210
HANS GOLDMANN:
" .. .I am not manually skilled by nature, so }vhen it came to surgery J had to carefully ponder, and try to understand rationally, each step of the procedure ... " (From a casual conversation)
Preface to the English Edition
The reactions to the German edition of this book have been most contradictory. While some readers found the book absolutely unnecessary ("Surgery is learned from practice, not from theory"), others were enthusiastic (" Just the sort of book I have always needed "). In my opinion the divergent reception of the book is best explained by the comment of my friend, BALDER GLOOR *, who called the book a "grammar of eye surgery". Indeed there are people who can learn a language by practice alone, and there are others who do better by knowing its grammar. In learning by mere practice to be sure, proficiency will be long in coming, because it will be more difficult to recognize, and thus to correct, whatever errors are made, whereas a knowledge of grammar will reveal the basic structures and shorten the learning process. Similarly, surgery can be learned purely from practical experience. Yet the trial-and-error quest for experience is not compatible with the interests of the patient. A
