Allergy and Immunity in Ophthalmology.

This is dedicated by the author to his father, the late Dr. Hiram Woods, who was one of the most universally beloved men in American ophthalmology. There is a foreword by Dr. W. H. Wilmer in which he aptly says, "We are just upon the threshold of our knowledge of immunological adaptation and this monograph pushes open the door a little wider." The author has divided his material into eight chapters, on general considerations on anaphylaxis, allergy and immunity; experimental studies on general ocular immunology; relationship of allergy to focal reactions in the eye; allergic conjunctivitis; antigenic properties and reactions of lens protein and uveal pigment; syphilis; tuberculosis, and therapeutic procedures. Each chapter is concluded by an adequate bibliography and at the close of the book is an author index and a subject index. It is not easy reading because of the nature of the subject, but the well chosen