AN EVALUATION OF THE DARK TEST
Authors: Paul H. Wosika
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1944)

Article1 July 1944AN EVALUATION OF THE DARK TESTPAUL H. WOSIKA, M.D., M.S., PH.D.PAUL H. WOSIKA, M.D., M.S., PH.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-21-1-101 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONOver 40 methods and apparatus have been described in the past 85 years, claiming to measure the time necessary for the eye to become accustomed to low illumination (scotopic vision). Delayed dark adaptation (dysaptation) has come to be considered minimal or subclinical night blindness (hemeralopia). Of academic interest at first, the changes in the manner of living and lighting in this century have produced new demands upon adaptation ability and new interest in this phenomenon. 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