Detention-as-Spectacle

Prescribing of Spectacle Lenses.

SIRS,-The attention of the Council of British Ophthalmologists has been drawn to the difficulty which the Services and the Ministry of Health are experiencing in obtaining spectacle lenses to supply their urgent needs, and it has been suggested that the situation could be helped by a simplification of the prescriptions supplied by civilian ophthalmic surgeons. LThe Council has considered the qu...

The captive mind: antipsychotics as chemical restraint in juvenile detention.

Update on Spectacle Lens

Majority of the advances in spectacle lens continue to occur in the area of progressive lens design by most of the spectacle lens manufacturers. Since the introduction of progressive addition lenses (PALs) in 1959 by Essilor, it has gained worldwide acceptance for the treatment of presbyopia. While progressive lens design, manufacturing and dispensing techniques have grown at a good pace in the...

Axial Performance of Spectacle Lenses

The measured values of the axial meridional powers for 311 spectacle lenses are reported. The spherical refractive powers range from + 7 . 0 0 to —20.00 diopters with cylindrical powers of 0.00, 1.00, and 2.00 diopters. The departures of the measured from the nominal values are shown. The probable errors of measurement are discussed. A set of tolerance values is suggested and the degree of comp...

Detention before Trial

The injustice of needless pretrial detention has been the focus of much attention in the last few years. Recently the Institute on the Operation of Pretrial Release Projects and the 1963 National Conference on Bail and Criminal Justice have provided forums for the discussion of the effects of and alternatives to detention. Under the impetus of such forums and the pressure of jurisdictions seeki...