OPTIC NYSTAGMUS TECHNICAL INTRODUCTION WITH OBSE

Authors: RAYMOND DODGE JAMES CHARLES FOX

Publish Date: 1928/10/01

Volume: 20, Issue: 4, Pages: 812-823

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Abstract

Although the ocular nystagmus resulting from watching moving objects has been recognized for many years it has not received the scientific attention comparable to the intensive investigation both clinical and experimental that has been accorded the nystagmus evoked by labyrinthine stimulation Dodge1 described photographic records of the eye movements evoked by a group of moving objects in 1903 and by a moving pendulum2 in 1907 The latter type of visual stimulus was subsequently utilized by Diefendorf and Dodge3 in the study of the ocular reactions of patients with mental disease Bárány4 was the first to study the nystagmus elicited by a succession of moving objects in connection with ocular palsies soon followed by the work of Wirths5 Coppez6 briefly described this type of eye movement in 1913 and in 1920 Bartels7 found that it occurred in reptiles and birds but stated that optical

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