The Lost Art of Retinal Drawing (2013) by Stephen R. Russell PDF

Description

Much like unearthing a buried hoard of antiquities, the recovery of these retinal drawings offers fresh discovery of art in medicine. The striking representations of retinal disorders illustrate the range and beauty of this now rarely performed skill. Carefully rendered likenesses of the inside of the eye that are stunningly and eerily attractive were selected from a cache of over 12,000 drawings created over more than three decades. Unique to retinal drawing, the inside of the globe is shown as circular images, forcing each artist to depict distortions tinted by their own interpretation. This colorful book examines the technique and history of retinal drawing, its application and variations of artistic rendition, and covers a wide array of visually distinctive disorders.

Reviews

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐As a practicing retina specialist, it is nice to have a reference to the lost art of retinal cartography. The drawings were done by some of the famous names in our subspecialty, archived and preserved for us to see how we documented retinal pathology before the advent of wide field fundus photography. I remember drawing such charts during my fellowship, and it is one of the things I still do despite having the facilities for fundus photography

⭐great value book. excelent dealer. it records the passion era of retinal surgery,and, in a spite of modern technincs, remind us about the care and time expended in each single patient

⭐I learn something what a retinal detachment looks like in these drawings each one is different

⭐Nostalgic remembrances of a time in training and a required discipline no longer utilized. Was not excited about it at the time but over 50 years later, brings fond memories.Bruce

⭐As expected. Shame only paperback available