Comprises 48 papers from the April 1996 congress. The papers are divided into 11 subject areas: ocular surfaces, lids, and tears; corneal transplantation and eye banking; corneal stroma and endothelium; refractive surgery; molecular biology and genetics; contact lenses; microbial keratitis (viral); keratoconus; non-microbial keratitis and immunology; world corneal health; and non-viral microbial keratitis. Abstracts of other presentations and posters from the congress are appended. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.