OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
American .Board of Ophthalmologu 
JOHN GREEN, M. D. 
3720 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD 
MISS LEA M. STELZER, Registrar ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI 
6830 Waterman Ave. St. Louis, Missouri 
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August 18, 1938* 
Dear Doctor: 
The American Board of Ophthalmology will hold an examination 
at the'New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, 218 Second Ave., New York City, 
Friday, October 7th, at 8:00 A.M. Kindly register promptly at 8:00 A.M. 
with, the Registrar. Your examination will cover the following subjects: 
External Diseases -Slit Lamp 
Ophthalmo scopy 
Histology and Pathology 
Anatomy and Embryology 
Refraction-Retinoscopy 
Muscles-Motility 
Perimetry 
General Diseases-Neurology 
Therapeutics - Operations 
Practical Surgery 
Optics and Visual Physiology 
The examination will occupy the entire day and unfinished subjects 
may require completion in Washington on Saturday or Sunday. Please bring with 
you any small instruments such as ophthalmoscope, retinoscop© or loupe that 
you habitually use. The examination in ophthalmic surgery will consist of an 
oral quiz and surgery on animal eyes. Kindly bring with you instruments 
necessary for a combined capsulotomy extraction. 
In Refraction candidates will be required to show a thorough 
tinderstanding of the technique' of the fogging method, of the use of astigmatic 
dials in measuring astigmatism, and of the cross-cylinder tests for strength 
and axis of astigmatism. 
A set of microscopic slides illustrating phases of ophthalmic 
histology and pathology can be obtained through this office upon deposit of 
$ 25.00 which will be refunded upon return of the slides in good condition. 
For 1939, the Board announces an examination in St, Louis in 
the Spring at the time of the meeting of the American Medical Association, 
and also at the place of the meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology 
and Cto-Laryngology, usually in October. 
Kindly fill in attached card and mail to me at once regardless 
of previous arrangement or correspondence. It is neoessary that the Board 
know immediately the number of candidates who will appear at this examination. 
IMPORTANT: 
