The Hunterian lectures on colour-vision and colour-blindness : delivered before the Royal College of Surgeons of England on February 1st and 3rd 1911 / F. W. Edridge-Green.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Edridge-Green, F. W. (Frederick William), 1863-1953, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Color vision.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (76 pages)

Other Title:

Hunterian lectures on colour-vision and colour-blindness

Place of Publication:

New York : Paul B. Hoeber, [1915]

Summary:

"As there are many who are interested in the subject of vision and colour-blindness who are not acquainted with the structure of the eye, I will give a few details so that these persons may be able to consider the problem from the point of view of these lectures. The eye is very similar to a photographic camera, and an actual image is formed on the back of the eye just as it is on the plate of the photographic camera or on the view-finder. The eye possesses a lens and also an iris which acts as an adjustable stop and regulates the size of the pupil. The membrane at the back of the eye upon which the image is formed is called the retina. The retina has several layers, but the sensitive layer consists of two elements called, from their shape, rods and cones. The problem therefore which has to be considered is, how is the light which forms the image on the sensitive layer of the retina transformed into visual impulses?"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved).

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