The Hunterian lectures on colour-vision and colour-blindnessEdridge-Green, F. W. (Frederick William)
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The Hunterian lectures on colour-vision and colour-blindness
Edridge-Green, F. W. (Frederick William)
Color blindness
3. The Relation between the Foveal and the Extra-Foveal
Regions 13
4. The varying Sensibility of the Fovea 13
5. Chemical Analogy 14
6. Disappearance of Lights falling upon Fovea 15
7. Illusion of Moving Light 16
8. Purple After-Image 17
9. Currents seen in the Field of Vision not due to the
Circulation 17
10. Pressure Figure 19
11. Macular Star 19
12. Entoptic Appearance of Cone Mosaic 20
13. Visual Acuity 21
THE EVOLUTION OF THE COLOUR-SENSE 26
THE FACTS OF COLOUR-BLINDNESS 34
1. Defects of Light-Perception 35
2. Defects of Colour-Perception 38
THE TWO MAIN VARIETIES OF COLOUR-BLINDNESS:
1. Dichromic Vision 40
2. Trichromic Vision 42
LECTURE II
THE DETECTION OF COLOUR-BLINDNESS FROM A PRACTICAL POINT OF VIEW
1. Object of a Test for Colour-Blindness 44
2. The Requirements of a Test for Colour-Blindness 45
3. Persons to be Excluded 47
4. The Construction of a Test for Colour-Blindness 48
5. The Lantern Test 53
6. Other Tests for Colour-Blindness 66
LECTURE I
_Delivered on February 1st_
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