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Effect of Instantaneous Flashes on Adaptation of the Eye: Dark Adaptation after Exposing the Eye to an Instantaneous Flash

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RUSHTON, W. Effect of Instantaneous Flashes on Adaptation of the Eye: Dark Adaptation after Exposing the Eye to an Instantaneous Flash. Nature 199, 971–972 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/199971a0

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