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Micro-stimulation of the Human Retina

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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,

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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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