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Edited by Mark J. Mannis, Marian S. Macsai, and Arthur C. Huntley. 705 pp., illustrated. Philadelphia, Lippincott–Raven, 1996. $225. ISBN 0-7817-0269-0.

Having trained at a medical school where the ophthalmology and dermatology departments were strongly oriented toward internal medicine and where many faculty members in these departments were able to diagnose and treat systemic diseases, I quickly discerned the many similarities in approach between these two fields. Ophthalmologists and dermatologists frequently use visual clues as a key to physical diagnosis. Specialists in both fields have compiled color atlases to assist other physicians. To date, no book has brought these areas together. Eye and Skin Disease, edited by two ophthalmologists (both corneal specialists) and a dermatologist, superbly fills the void. It teaches . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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