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From the Department of Ophthalmology, Medical School, University of Pennsylvania. Supported by a grant from the John and Mary R. Markle Foundation, New York City.
Part of a thesis submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Medical Science (D.Sc.(Med.)) for graduate work in ophthalmology.