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Delightful.......2005-06-21
This book is a joy-containing not only the facts about the Medieval herbs and plants-but also charming references to the amazing character of Cadfael.
Don't be put off by negative comments-this book's a gem.
Cadfael's pictures.......2002-04-04
This is most useful as a guide to Elis Peters' novels. The index of plants is oriented toward the fictional Cadfael and his uses, rather than to mediaval practice.
The pictures are coffee table book quality.
A must for gardeners who are Brother Cadfael fans, or Cadfael fans who are gardeners, but not a serious work.
Medieval Plants and Brother Cadfael.......2000-08-17
Not only is this gorgeous books with excellent pictures of plants, it shows a deep insight into Brother Cadfael's herbarium and his respect for plants. I loved the excerpts from the many Brother Cadfael books. I would have liked to have seen a bit more on the layout of Brother Cadfael's garden and perhaps some recipes and potions. Still the authors produced a beautiful book at a reasonable price with the pages crammed with in-depth information on herbs.
Misleading Title.......1999-08-26
I believe that this book is much more of a picture book than anything else. Within the text, it describes Brother Cadfeal more than it does his gardens or how he planned them or used them. This book is nicely done but it is not worth the price if you are looking for a comprehensive reference for how to grow and use herbs. Please look somewhere else. There are many out there which hold better information.
It is a wonderful and informitive book on herbs........1999-03-08
This book was very informitive on the uses of herbs for medicines in the Middle Ages. I happen to be a fan of Cadfael and thought the pictures were wonderful. I had been doing a project on medical herbs in the Middle Ages and it was my best resource.
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With stunning illustrations from the Royal Horticultural Society's Lindley Library collection and concise text by Royal Horticultural Society archivist Dr. Brent Elliott,
Flora tell the fascinating story of the worldwide botanical exploration undertaken over the past 500 years.
Founded in 1804, the RHS led the way in sending collectors around the world in search of new floral species, fostering the domestic cultivation of the garden flowers we know and love today. In the process the RHS has built an unrivaled collection of stunning artworks and rare books covering five centuries of plant history. The Society's Lindley Library is one of the world's finest horticulture archives, containing more than 250,000 paintings, illustrations and rare books.
The illustrations in
Flora, many by the great names in botanical art, are notable not only for their historical value in charting the development of garden flowers, but also for their indisputable beauty and artistic merit.
Flora is divided into six geographical sections: Europe; Middle East; Southern & Tropical Africa; Australasia & The Pacific; The Americas; and Asia. Biographies of the botanists and artists are also included.
The history of botanical illustration is long and broad. Today, the art is undergoing a renaissance: botanical illustrations are found on everything from greeting cards to wallpaper to expensive original artworks. This spectacular collection of Royal Horticultural Society illustrations will capture the attention of gardeners and art lovers alike.
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SMALL size.......2006-05-04
I ordered this book and returned it due to the extremely ridiculous small size. It is about the size of a CD. I had read this book in the library at the full size and the small size ("Compact edition") doesn't even compare. If you really want this book, get the full size. Otherwise it isn't worth it.
book SIZE.......2005-03-18
My order just came and was I disappointed. The book is beautiful yet the size is absurd. Measures 5 3/8 by 6 1/4 inches. This is not stated anywhere in the book desription. I just assumed it would be the standard 8 1/2 by 11 inches. I KNEW it wasn't the coffee table size but this size is just not suitable for this type of book. I will be returning it.
The Most Fabulous Book of Flowers!.......2002-07-16
This is one of the best flower books I have ever seen! Richly illustrated, with many details, and glorious color! I am a painter, so these are very important for an illustrated book. A must have for all flower lovers!
Perfection.......2002-04-26
This book is beauty and knowledge. An absolut treasure!
A simply gorgeous floral art presentation........2002-03-23
Flora straddles the line between being an art book filled with flora pictures and a gardening title packed with details about garden flowers. Both audiences will welcome this lavish presentation but it's the artist who will have a rare opportunity to appreciate the detail and color of floral designs. Full-color, oversized pages of floral art are gorgeous presentations.
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Gardens of the Hudson River Valley: An Illustrated Guide
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Market Garden was one of the most audacious, and ultimately controversial, operations of the Second World War--a joint penetration by an armored column and a large-scale airborne drop. The objective was to secure key waterways and railheads and punch a decisive hole in the German defenses. If it had succeeded, the war could have been ended in 1944. Stephen Badsey closely examines the combatants, analyzing their strengths and weaknesses and explaining the different phases of the battle. Yet the two-pronged attack failed as a confusing and daily-changing pattern of events unfurled. Instead of being relieved after 48 hours as expected, British paratroopers were cut off for nine days as the 2nd Army's spearhead, XXX Corps, were slowed by constant German shelling. Facing two unexpected SS Panzer divisions, the Allied paratroops were eventually evacuated across the Rhine after putting up an incredible fight. Of the 10,000 men involved, fewer than 2,000 survived. Badsey provides an authoritative and absorbing account of why this happened. He closely examines the combatants, analyzing their strengths and weaknesses and explaining the different phases of the battle.
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Read with A Bridge too Far.......2005-08-19
I used this book and the movie A Bridge Too Far to prepare for a staff ride (military field trip) on very short notice. Our guide a retired Colonel, military writer, and WWII expert actually asked the Brigade Commander why a lowly Specialist knew more about this battle than any of his staff officers.
This book give you the nuts and bolts of the planning and execution of Operation Market Garden. It is an excellent companion to the movie A Bridge Too Far which does an astounding job of portraying the operation on screen.
Operation Market Garden was Montey's grand assault into Arnhem, Holland (The Netherlands). It was a grand Ground and Airborne campaign that was only trumped by its massive failure. After reading this book and studying a little bit about the overall operation you will come to understand how ineffective airborne troops are as a main offensive weapon.
Another lesson to be learned from this assault by both military leaders and business leaders is that all the planning in the world can not make a bad idea work.
Misses the Point.......2002-07-08
Arnhem 1944: Operation 'Market Garden' (Campaign, No 24) by Stephen Badsey is a better than adequate description of the nuts and bolts of Operation Market Garden. The maps are informative and the prose do give one a better than basic knowledge of the military movements and counter movements. If one is simply looking for a narrative of troop movements then this is an excellent book.
Where the book fails is in the discussion of the multitude of errors that went into the planning and excution of the Operation. It was a campaign that was begun as much as a result of Montgomery's desire to be the one to win the war and not be bested by the Americans and Patton, as by military necessity. Once began, the British ignored the advise of the local resistance, utilized tactics that played into the strength of the Nazi resisters, and were too ambitious. This is not to mention the intelligence failures that convinced the Allies that they would be facing second rate worn out units.
All in all, Market Garden is a case study of what should not be done. Not only did it lead to the needless deaths, but it took vital resources away from the Patton's Third Army where they could have been put to better use and resulted in ending the war sooner.
Cogent, Balanced and illuminating.......2000-11-09
This book is a fine suppliment to the Movie version of the operation. With the excellent maps, which are included, it clarifies the entire campaign. It should be reviewed in concert with the film. Many details are included which are available to the British author and which tend to explain the action and outcome. It is enjoyab;e reading and quite informative to someone who has not delved deeply into the details of the operation.
Recommended for all who have a perepheral interest in the subject, as well as one who is already quite knowlegeble of it.
Better than "A Bridge too Far".......2000-08-14
This might be "heresy" but the point of history is to learn something; this book does something that all the many other books on Arnhem fail to do; it arrives at the truth. Most other books bitterly complain about how the British 3-D Airborne forces were dropped too far from the bridge, or how if provided better transportation means like light armored fighting vehicles (my view) and folding bikes, or if the 2-D forces had been more vigorous they could have linked up, gotten to the Rhine River bridge and the battle would have been "won". But this book sets the record straight.
When a portion of the British Airborne marched towards Arnhem, they could have taken the ferry but did not (not in their orders)and went past the railroad bridge that was blown up. Had they had better "situational awareness" they could have taken and kept the ferry. But this book goes a step further---so what?
The point of penetrating into Arnhem was to get across the Rhine river and run wild in the German industrial regions and smash war machinery and deprive the enemy with the means to continue fighting. But to do a "Sherman march" like this, these areas had to be undefended. That opportunity simply was not there. The Germans had compressed their lines of supply/communication and were defending in depth. So if we had kept the bridge or the ferry across the Rhine, we would have only been stopped on the other side by the Germans. THAT----is what is not understood by most people especially after seeing the superb but not quite accurate film, "A Bridge too Far" by Cornelius Ryan. Those that label Operation Market-Garden as a "failure" fail themselves to realize that what it sought--a collapse of the enemy from the inside---was not possible against a nation on a desperate total war footing, so such negative labeling is unjustified.
I'm all in favor of Airborne units receiving light AFVs in order to effect off-set DZ insertions, if there was a "time machine" I'd go back and have Hamilcar gliders deliver Bren gun APCs and Locust M22/Tetrarch light tanks that existed at the time. I'd have some of Gavin's 82d Airborne drop directly onto the south of Arnhem bridge to support the British 1st Airborne driving across from the north in the Bren gun carriers/Locust/Tetrarch light tanks. I'd had Patton temporarily in charge of the 2-D dash up to Arnhem bridge. He'd have better, medium-sived tanks and aPCs that could swim themselves across and not need bridges in the first place. But at the end of the day, we'd be stopped on the far side of the bridge or the river bank by the Germans, a 50 mile penetration, definately worth doing, but a STRATEGIC AIM of driving unhindered into Germany to collapse their infrastructure was not possible at that time. This book explains this like no other work, and places it in a must-read category--if you don't read it you simply will not understand the battle and will be subject to the cliches' and labeling. When you understand this, you will remove your disappointment in the leaders at that time for not pursuing further. The truth is XXX Corps could have punched its way through to Arnhem bridge but the Commanders knew that there was no strategic vaccum behind it to exploit that would justify the human costs. A lot of hard fighting stood ahead of the Allies at this point.
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A vivid, concise account of the battle. Excellent graphics........1999-08-26
This is a brief but vivid and concise account of "Market Garden," better known as "A Bridge Too Far" or better perhaps "Too Far From The Bridge." A good primer for larger studies. The graphics are a highlight: detailed topological maps in color of the Arnhem Bridge area, Oosterbeek and Nijmegen including troop dispositions to the level of streets and houses; detailed colored sketches of uniformed Allied paratroopers and of German and Allied tanks involved in the battle.
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A must for anyone interested in gardening or history!.......1999-08-16
To truly understand something you have to dig into its past. An Illustrated History of Gardening gives gardeners a glimpse into how gardens have impacted civilization and how little of our art is new. When in the garden I have a better connection with those who came before me. Lots of historical illustrations, great for anyone creating a period garden. Also discusses the tools of the gardener, most of my most dependable tools have been designed by ancient civilizations. Also gives ground to what all gardeners know, gardening is essential to civilization.
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An Illustrated Reference to Garden Plants of the World: Over 4,250 of the World's Most Popular Plants
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With more than 4,250 entries photographed in close-up and alphabetized for quick identification, this is the most exceptional guide to trees, shrubs, and climbers. All listings include country of origin, climatic preference, planting use, and propagation methods. Under each genus, its most relevant species appear, with common names, characteristics, and growth habits.
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An indispensable reference to the history of environmental design When first published in 1981, William Manns Space and Time in Landscape Architectural
History played an important role in helping students and practitioners in landscape architecture and architecture to understand the rich history of environmental design. Now fully revised and twice as large as its predecessor, Landscape Architecture: An Illustrated History in Timelines, Site Plans, and Biography features expanded and updated treatment of several sectionsa new section of biographies and new coverage of the design contributions of racial and ethnic minorities, women, and non-Western civilizations. To give a fully rounded perspective, Landscape Architecture looks at environmental design from several different angles, using such sections as:
- TimelinesEnvironmental design doesnt occur in isolation, and this formatupdated through 1992underscores that by relating major landmarks and figures in environmental design to significant political, philosophical, technological, and social events.
- MapsHow do geography, latitude, and climate affect environmental design? Can we gauge design influence by the proximity of one creation toor its distance fromanother? This section, which pinpoints the location of major cities and design works, answers these and other vital questions.
- Scaled Site PlansIncluding 25 new plans, this compilation of more than 100 of the most notable worksfrom ancient Egypt to present day and drawn to common scalesfacilitates at-a-glance comparisons between sites and offers such essential data as location, date(s) of design development, names(s) of the designer(s), and size in acres and hectares.
- BiographiesThis new section sketches the contributions of nearly 300 major figures who, through the ages, have helped shape environmental design land scape architects, architects, planners, visual artists, artistic schools, philosophers, aesthetes, patrons, clients, and more.
- GlossaryFeaturing nearly 500 new terms, it clarifies English and foreign languagge words and phrases central to environmental design and derived from land scape architecture, architecture, planning, history, art, engineering, ecology, horticulture, and related fields.
An essential reference for students of landscape architecture history, Landscape Architecture is also an important source of design ideas for current professionals in all areas of environmental design.
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Minnesota Gardens: An Illustrated History
Susan Davis Price
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AN ODE TO Minnesota gardens and passionate gardeners, past and present, "Minnesota Gardens" glimpses gardening as practiced by pioneer and Victorian Minnesotans, details Depression-era and great estate gardens and celebrates today's gardening renaissance.
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Recommended for the all gardening enthusiasts.......2001-10-14
Gardening on the Minnesota prairie had its origins with the advent of pioneer homesteads in the 1840s. Because of the climate (especially the severe and extended winters), prospects for horticulture were grim. But in the following 150 years, Minnesota saw the development of estate gardens whose beauty and opulence would rival those of Europe, and who public landscapes would be numbered among the best America had to offer. Hundreds of new plant varieties, a flourishing seed industry, and gardens of all kinds and sizes would extend to every corner of Minnesota. In Minnesota Gardens: An Illustrated History, reference librarian and dedicated gardener Susan Price has drawn upon original sources (including old newspaper accounts, diaries, historic photos, and interviews) to showcase Minnesota gardening past and present in the first comprehensive and superbly illustrated history of the subject that is enthusiastically recommended for the all gardening enthusiasts -- and would serve as an admirable template for similar works celebrating the history of regional gardening anywhere else in the nation.
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Landscaping Illustrated
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With the growing size of the elderly population comes an increased interest in aging as a subject of research and study. Human Aging: Biological Perspectives is written for the one-quarter or one-semester introductory level course and is aimed at students with little or no science background. The main structure of the text follows a body systems approach. In addition to the introductory chapter and a chapter covering molecules, cells, and the theories of aging, each body system is covered in its own chapter.
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Bio: Old but Good.......2006-08-20
I am a little surprised that my instructor used this book seeing as it is about 4 editions old. Other than that it is a good book.
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- Vital Text for All Vision Care Specialists (Optometry / Ophthalmology)
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Rosenbloom & Morgan's Vision and Aging
Alfred J. Rosenbloom
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Focusing on the fastest growing segment of our population, this unique resource addresses the diagnosis and treatment of low vision in older adults. The author, Dr. Rosenbloom, is well known for his expertise in low vision and the care of elderly patients in optometric practice. This practical manual discusses all aspects of the aging eye and offers thorough coverage of both optometric primary care and the management of major ocular disease in the elderly. Other topics include the pathologic, pharmacologic, psychologic, and socioeconomic aspects of aging.
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Vital Text for All Vision Care Specialists (Optometry / Ophthalmology).......2007-06-27
Rosenbloom and Morgan's Vision and Aging: With 32 contributing authors from numerous ocular subspecialities, this text is a very complete resource on caring for the elder population and is a necessary resource for all vision care specialists. While the text examines the normal age-related health issues in elder care, it also discusses in depth how to manage the specific ocular issues that are likely to present to your clinic. Each chapter is written by well known specialists in their respective fields, allowing the reader to obtain a hollistic and complete viewpoint from nutrition, polypharmacy, disease, contact lenses, spectacle correction, vision therapy to public health issues. It would be difficult to successfully practice optometry or ophthalmology without such a resource.
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DO YOU HAVE TROUBLE READING MENUS?
DO YOU FIND IT DIFFICULT TO DISTINGUISH
BETWEEN BLACK AND DARK BLUE?
DO YOU WORRY EXCESSIVELY ABOUT GLARE
WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT?
One out of every five of us is affected by impaired vision by the time we turn sixty-five. To help you preserve your vision now -- and beyond -- The Aging Eye discusses three common eye disorders that pose the greatest threat to your vision: cataracts, glaucoma, and age-related macular degeneration (AMD). This valuable guide will help you determine whether you are at risk of developing these disorders, describes their symptoms, and discusses diagnosis and the latest treatments.
You will learn:
- What to expect after cataract surgery
- How glaucoma often progresses in the early stages without symptoms
- Whether you may be suffering from dry or wet AMD
- If laser surgery is right for you
- How to deal with presbyopia, dry eye syndrome, floaters and flashes, and retinal detachment
Finally, practical suggestions will inform you what you can do now to preserve your vision, from fine-tuning your diet and stopping smoking to wearing sunglasses and protecting your eyes from the ravages of diabetes.
A valuable user-friendly guide for everyone over fifty, The Aging Eye will give you the knowledge you need to safeguard your sight.
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Excellent reference book on the subject.......2004-12-05
This is the third book I read published by the Harvard Medical School. They all have invariably been excellent. They rely on science, medical studies, and in depth analysis. They all do an excellent job of educating the public on the medical topics they cover. They differentiate between the marketing hype and established science.
The Aging Eye is an excellent reference book that outlines what happens to our eyes as they age since our mid thirties. This is a very short 200 page book with extremely large font. It definitely is made not to strain your eyesight. And, it reads easily in three leisurely hours.
In nine short chapters, it covers everything you need to know. The book explains in detail the three major diseases affecting us with the passage of time [glaucoma, macular degeneration, and cataract]. It covers also many other common and less common eye ailments. It gives much information on prevention, treatment, surgery, post-surgery.
My favorite chapter was the last one on how to safeguard your eyesight. There it stresses the benefit of good living, including plenty of aerobic exercises to keep your cardiovascular system in top shape, and good nutrition based on an abundance of fresh produce (fruits and vegetables). It also stresses the necessity to protect one's eyes from sunlight including the dreaded UVAs and UVBs sunrays. Sunglasses need not cost a fortune, but they need to be excellent (very high % protection against UVs) and be worn virtually all the time when outdoors the minute the Sun is out.
My favorite pages are near the end where the book dispels many myths about eyesight. Many I must admit, I believed so far. But, it now makes sense to me that they were actual myths. One of them being that you can actually correct your eyesight with eye exercises. According to the book, you really can't. And, having tried the exercise routines to some degree, I really believe it now.
In any case, I strongly recommend this book. If you are interested in your general health and nutrition (extremely highly correlated to your eye health) I equally strongly recommend "Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy" by Walter Willett, and "The Harvard Medical School Guide to Men's Health" by Harvey Simon.
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Moving, touching, inspiring book.......2005-12-12
First let me say that Patti and Ray Grose are close friends. My wife and I have known them for over twenty years and we can say that Patti has written openly and honestly about who she is and how caring for a relative with Alzheimer's has affected her life.
In this, her first book, she writes with the clarity and flow of an accomplished author. Her style is straightforward and clear. Her first-person account of being her mother-in-law's primary caregiver is compelling. It is a fast read and, surprisingly, a page-turner. I was moved by the openness and vulnerability that Patti displayed in her description of events. I was touched by the deep love and heartfelt care she showed her mother-in-law, especially during very difficult times. I was inspired by her determination to do everything possible to assure the health and well being of her husband's mother.
This book was an eye-opener. It was the first time I became aware of the level of difficulty that a family faces when dealing with a loved one who develops Alzheimer's. I found the book so helpful in understanding the toll that Alzheimer's takes on the patient's family. Patti even wrote out a list of helpful hints at the end of the book. On another level the book exposed me to the denial I experienced in not understanding what our good friends were going through, why they were not available for meetings, for social events.
In my opinion, this book is a must-read for any family or caregiver associated with an Alzheimer's patient. In her preface Patti is clear about her goal, "Hopefully, it will bring a message of understanding, hope and worthy advice to the reader." She accomplishes that mission.
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When they got together in the late 1970s, Barbara Macdonald, a 60-something lesbian, and her lover, Cynthia Rich, who is 20 years younger, learned that old women and young women are treated very differently, even within the women's movement. In response to this inequity, Macdonald wrote essays and open letters to feminist and social service organizations comparing ageism to racism. Her autobiographical essays describe an amazing lesbian childhood lived before the publication of The Well of Loneliness, a college career threatened by the revelation of a love affair with a woman, and frustration with young women's patronizing older women. Rich's essays examine how words and visual images in popular and feminist texts contribute to demonizing and demeaning older women.
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Still a breaking-through-the-barriers book after 22 years, this expanded edition of the classic begins with a tribute by Lise Weil, "In the Service of Truth: Remembering Barbara Macdonald." Barbara died at the age of 86 in June 2000. It also contains two talks Barbara gave, "Professionalism Is Not Benign" and "Old Women's Human Rights." An afterword by Cynthia Rich points to the impact Barbara made on the understanding of women and ageing and promises that she will continue to have a major impact on our lives.
"Barbara was the first to identify ageism as a central feminist issue...to point out that young women's alienation from old women, their dread of becoming them, their revulsion toward old women's bodies, is the direct result of society ('Your power as a younger woman is measured by the distance you can keep between you and older women')."--Lise Weil
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great resource for family or person adjusting to sight loss........1999-03-13
This book is a great place to start if you or a family member is experiencing loss of sight. It covers the eye, its diseases, feelings, and services. Very helpful!
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Look me in the eye: Old women, aging, and ageism
Barbara Macdonald
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Age-Related Cataract
Richard W. Young
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This book represents the first full treatment of age-related cataract, the primary cause of impaired vision in the elderly and the leading source of blindness worldwide. The first part of the volume describes the deterioration of the human lens in unprecedented detail. It also examines the
known causes of the disease, which can be accounted for by exposure to heat, oxygen, and especially ultraviolet radiation. These causal factors are evaluated with regard to the extent they are capable of producing the specific cellular and molecular changes which take place during aging and
cataract formation. The second part of the text is devoted to a practical proposal for a safe, simple, and inexpensive program to help prevent the occurrence of age-related cataract.
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Age-Related Changes of the Human Eye (Aging Medicine)
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Aging research on the human eyes crosses all areas of ophthalmology and also relies upon biological, morphological, physiological, and biochemical tools for its study. In Age-Related Changes of the Human Eye, the authors review all aspects of human eye aging. In addition to descriptions of age-related changes in almost all the structures of the human eyes, the authors also include interesting accounts of personal experiments and data. The ease of use and versatility of this volume makes it an essential tool for students and graduate students as well as post-doctoral and/or professional ophthalmologists. Age-Related Changes of the Human Eye provides the reader with an exhaustive panorama of what happens during aging in the eye, thus making an important contribution to the understanding of the physiology and pathology of eye diseases.
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