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References
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Vision: From Photon to Perception (1999). National Academy of Sciences Colloquium http://darwin.nap.edu/books/0309068347/html/21.html
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http://www.clevelandclinic.org/eye/patient_info/eyeanatomy.asp
National Eye Institute: Facts About the Cornea and Corneal Disease
http://www.nei.nih.gov/health/cornealdisease/
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