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This book comprises the proceedings of the first meeting of the Internatio nal Society for Corneal Research, held in Kyoto on May 12 and 13, 1978, on the occasion of the International Congress of Ophthalmology. The Society was founded by Dr. Stuart I. Brown (USA), who has to be congratulated very sincerely for this idea. The cornea, window of the eye, becomes, indeed, more and more important and its diseases more and more frequent. Consequently, cornea research is of the greatest necessity not only to cure but also to prevent the various disorders of the membrane. The scientific program of the meeting, established by Dr. Brown, was outstanding. The limiting membranes, the epithelium as well as the endo thelium, the stroma, the corneal transplantation, as well as the graft rejec tion, the inflammations as well as the immunological aspects, were discussed by experts in the field. The meeting, which was conducted by Professor Motokazu Itoi, honorary Chairman, and successfully organized by his Japanese colleagues, Professor Nakajima, Professor Mishima and their staff, was as interesting as fruitful and left in our mind the best memory. I am convinced that the ophthalmologists will take a great interest in reading the various papers, which bring the latest advances in corneal patho logy. Prof. Jules Franyois President of the International Council of Ophthalmology.

Contents:

Inflammation - Immunology.- Stereoscopic scanning electron microscopic observation of Pseudomonas keratitis.- Corneal inflammation and complement.- Experimental study on the immunotherapy for the Pseudomonas keratitis in rabbits.- Immunoglobulins in the cornea.- Experimental model for scleritis.- Cell mediated immunity in Mooren's ulcer.- Role of cell-mediated immunity in the resistance of rabbits to corneal herpes simplex virus infection.- Lymphocyte cytotoxicity against the rabbit corneal endothelium. Morphological aspects.- Endothelium.- The corneal endothelium.- Wide-field in vivo specular microscopy.- Clinical specular microscopy of the corneal endothelium.- The endothelium of the corneal graft: Morphological and functional aspects.- Healing process in the alkali-burned corneal endothelium.- The electron microscopic study of Fuchs' dystrophy: the first primary case in Japan.- Graft rejection.- Corneal transplantation and rejection.- The fate of corneal regrafts after previous rejection reactions.- Keratoplasty and transplantation antigens.- HLA - B 12 and HLA - B 27 Antigens and Susceptibility to the Corneal Allograft Reaction.- HLA matching and corneal graft rejection.- Corneal transplantation.- Development in use of cultured endothelium in corneal transplantation.- Post-operative control of the donor endothelium in corneal grafting by means of histochemical staining.- Endothelial cell loss during penetrating keratoplasty.- Chemical burn of the rabbit cornea: morphometric studies of the corneal stroma.- Atypical lattice dystrophy of the cornea: a clinical and histological study.- Epithelium.- Management of keratoconus.- Ocular surface evaluation.- Histopathological study of the human herpes simplex dendritic and punctate keratitis by replica technique.- Superficial punctate keratopathy: earliest corneal manifestation of xerophthalmia.- Adenosine triphosphate, adenosine diphosphate, ascorbic acid, glutathione and lactate in experimental ultraviolet keratitis.- The dark cells of corneal epithelium in a case of lattice-like dystrophy.