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Subject: sci.med.vision: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), Part 5/5
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                  FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION: Vision and EyeCare
                                  Part 5/5
                          (Copyright(C), Grant Sayer)
                         ([e-mail])
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9.0   Eye Injuries and Emergencies
==================================

9.1   What to do in an emergency
--------------------------------

10.0   Internet Vision/Health Resources
=======================================

A large number of resources specific for ophthalmology/optometry are
maintained by Ocular Surgery News Web Server. See

URL: http://www.slack.com/osn.html

10.1  Guide to On-Line Medical Resources
-----------------------------------------
An extensive list of Internet Medical resources are listed in the
"Guide to On-Line Medical Resources" produced by Dr Gary Malet, Family
Physician ([e-mail]) and Lee Hancock, Education Technologist
([e-mail]).

The latest version of the document, Version 1.9, September 1 1994  ,
is provided in text form and as a hypertext database for use with World
Wide Web browsers

(URL: gopher://una.hh.lib.umich.edu/11/inetdirs)

This list is recommended if you're interested in finding out some detail
of all the health resources, including information, listservers,
discussion lists and software that is located on the Internet or
on-line from BBS's.

10.2  Images of Eye Conditions/Diseases
---------------------------------------
Images of retinal and eye conditions as GIF/TIFF files
[ Ed - will scan in photos/slides and put on a listserv - maybe ? ]


11   Mailing Lists
==================
A number of mailing lists are located on the Internet which deal with
specific visual problems or conditions.  The list descriptions or
"charter" are described below :

11.1  RPList
------------

This list deals with all retinal degenerations including Retinitis Pigmentosa
The list description is as follows :-

Description: Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) is a generic name for a family
of degenerative genetic diseases that affect the retina.  RP causes
progressive vision loss, and eventually blindness.  The RP list is
intended for RP sufferers, their friends and relatives, and anyone
with an interest in RP.  Discussions are welcome on any subject
relevant to RP, with an emphasis on issues specific to low vision and
degenerative vision; issues relevant to blindness in general are
better kept on existing blindness-related lists and newsgroups.
Medical aspects of RP are also of interest, but are not the main
focus of the list.

Subscription:
send "subscribe rplist <your name>" to [e-mail]

Posting: send email to [e-mail]

Archives: all contributions to the list are archived.
          Archives can be searched and retrieved automatically
          by mail to [e-mail]

Email: for more information, contact Nicolas Graner <[e-mail]>


11.2  CVNet
------------
This list deals with colour and vision research.

To subscribe send an email to

[details to be added ]

11.3  ColorCat
--------------
This list deals with Color categorisation

To subscribe send an email to [e-mail] include in the
body of the message

subscribe COLORCAT Firstname Lastname

11.4  HMatrix
-------------
[ Details to be added ]

11.5  BlindFam
--------------
This list is for the discussion of all aspects of family life as affected
by blindness.

To subscribe send an email to [e-mail] and include in
the body of the message

subscribe blindfam Firstname Lastname

11.6  BlindNews
---------------
This list deals with issues of the visually handicapped.

To subscribe send an email to [e-mail] include
in the body of the message.

subscribe BLINDNWS Firstname Lastname

11.7  MedNet
------------
[ Details to be added ]

11.8  EyeMove
------------
This list is for scientists and clinicians interested in all aspects of
eye movement studies.

To subscribe send and email to [e-mail] and
include in the body of the message

join eye-movement Firstname Lastname

11.9  LiveEye
------------
This list also deals with colour and vision research.

To subscribe send and email to [e-mail] include in the body
of the message

subscribe live-eye Firstname Lastname


11.9a National Marfan Foundation
--------------------------------

Discussed in the newsgroup alt.support.marfan

Located on the web at http://www.marfan.org/
(email: [e-mail])

The National Marfan Foundation is located at 382 Main Street,
Port Washington, NY  11050.  Telephone:  1-800-8-MARFAN
An informative booklet on the Marfan syndrome is available
upon request.  Become a member of the NMF and recieve the
quarterly, "Connective Issues".


11.10  PupilNet
---------------
From the announcement page...

Pupilnet is an electronic mail network and noticeboard, run from
Loughborough University of Technology,  England.  It has three functions:

1. To provide a forum for discussion of any issue related to the pupil
   of the eye.
2. To allow pupil researchers from different fields to interact.
3. To collate and disseminate information about the pupil, and about work
   in progress, prior to publication.

It is envisaged that, in the first instance, any messages sent to Pupilnet
will be vetted, and then sent on to everyone on the network.
In addition, a membership list of Pupilnet will be made available on request.
To join the network, send a message to:
[e-mail]

11.11  Sjogren's Syndrome List (SS-List)
----------------------------------------
This list is for the discussion of sjogren's syndrome.

To subscribe send an email to [e-mail] and include in
the body of the message

subscribe ss-l FirstName LastName

11.12 Ophthalmic Photography and Imaging Mailing List (OPTIMAL)
---------------------------------------------------------------
This list is for the discussion of ophthalmic photography and
imaging.

To subscribe send an email to Joseph Warnicki (owner of list) at
[e-mail]

11.13 Ophthalmogenetics Mail List
---------------------------------
This list is for the discussion of Ophthalmogenetics (genetics of
the eye).

To subscribe, send message

    SUBSCRIBE OPH-GEN first_name last_name

to
    [e-mail]


11.14 Myopia Research mailing List:
-----------------------------------

This list is for anyone with an interest in clinical or applied myopia
research.

To subscirbe, send an email message to

    [e-mail]

include in the body of the message

    subscribe MYOPIA-NET FirstName LastName




12.0 World Wide Web (WWW)
=========================
Other related Web servers include :

Announcements about conferences on Medical Imaging and Computer Vision:
    http://www.cv.ruu.nl/Conferences/

Indianna School of Optometry web server:

    http://research.opt.indiana.edu


The Centre for Visual Sciences at the Australian National University
has installed its Web server a few months ago. It's URL is:

     http://cvs.anu.edu.au/


Web sites: http://www.cmbn.rutgers.edu/   is
Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience
Rutgers, The State University
197 University Avenue
Newark, NJ 07102

"Stanford Vision and Imaging Science and Techology".

    http://white.stanford.edu/


Rutgers Centre for Cognitive Science
    http://ruccs.rutgets.edu


NASA Vision Science and Technology Group
    http://vision.arc.nasa.gov

Vision Science
    http://vision.arc.nasa.gov/VisionScience/VisionScience.html

The latter is a collection of pointers to web material related to
Vision Science: labs, groups, conferences, newsgroups, databases,
source code etc.

CVnet list archives
    http://vision.arc.nasa.gov/VisionScience/mail/cvnet/index.html

Centre for vision and Image Sciences at the University of Texas
    http://www.cvis.psy.utexas.edu

Visual Impairments & Blindness Expert System:
Published by the Illinois Parents of the Visually Impaired
and can be accessed at http://www.att.com/community/ipvi/

13.0   Email for Optoms/Ophthals & Net Resources
================================================
Currently the national board for USA is on the internet at
address [e-mail]

To locate an OD on the internet see
URL: http://www.execpc.com/~warren/optweb

Looking for a job ?
URL: http://www.crl.com/~smachol/optical

13.1 Commercial Interests on the Net:
====================================

DICON http://www.catalog.com/dicon
Excel http://www.eyewear.com/excel
Scotlens http://www.route-one.co.uk/route-one/scotlens
OSN http://www.slackinc.com/wwwslack.htm

Spectacle Ordering
URL: http://www.teleport.com/~opbro
(Optical Brokers, Portland Oregon)

Sunglasses
URL: http://branch.com/sunglass/sunglass.htm
(The Sunglass Connection)

URL:http://www.winterweb.com/ej_sunglass/
(EJ's Sunglasses)

14.0   References
=================


15.0   Contributors
===================
Grant Sayer,Optometrist ([e-mail])
Barbara La Scala ([e-mail])
Scott Fitz, ([e-mail])
Nathan Schwade, Ophthalmologist ([e-mail])
Robert Maloney M.D, Ophthalmologist ([e-mail])
--
Grant Sayer
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