Micro-stimulation of the Human Retina (original) (raw)

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Nature volume 157, page 482 (1946)Cite this article

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BY correcting the chromatic difference of magnification of the lens system of the eye, and by using very small test objects as stimuli, it has been found possible to construct a plan showing the approximate positions of some of the photo-receptors of my own left retina. Four methods have been employed and their results correlated.

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1. Physiological Department, St. Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College, c/o Zoological Department, University of Cambridge,
   H. HARTRIDGE

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HARTRIDGE, H. Micro-stimulation of the Human Retina.Nature 157, 482 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/157482b0

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• Issue date: 13 April 1946
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