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From Nerves to Eyes

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My whole life has been fortunate much beyond my deserts. Those in a position to give me the opportunities for research seem to have had a higher expectation of its outcome than I had, and their confidence has been a great encouragement and a spur for me to do better than I thought I could. I am very sensitive to personal relations, and my colleagues have always given me the real friendliness I so much need, despite the ungovernable shaepness of my scientific criticism.

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Rushton, W.A.H. (1992). From Nerves to Eyes. In: Worden, F.G., Swazey, J.P., Adelman, G. (eds) The Neurosciences: Paths of Discovery, I. Birkhäuser Boston. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-6817-5_16

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