It is testimony to this text’s popularity that this is its 6th edition and that it is written in six languages. Having read it for the first time I remain a little puzzled that it is indeed so popular. Having said this, it is not a book one reads as it is primarily a reference text offering over 700 pages of detailed differential diagnosis of ocular symptoms and signs (not diseases).

It is classified anatomically to a particular region of the eye (for example, orbit, extraocular muscles, cornea, conjunctiva, etc) and the reader then seeks a particular …