Parsons' Diseases of the Eye

Obesity and Eye Diseases

Background: Obesity is a chronic metabolic disease that has become an epidemic today.  Objective: Although the effects of obesity on the body have been well studied, less is known about obesity and eye health. Methods The present article is a review study. The search was performed using keywords of obesity and eye diseases in PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science databases from 2000 to 2021.  Resul...

Diseases of the Eye

valvular heart disease from a regard of the clinical findings by themselves, and without any knowledge of the past history of rheumatic fever. We must have confidence in our objective physical signs. What has been described here does not tell of startling discoveries in medicine, but it does invite us to think seriously of the several ways in which our recognition of the sham signs of disease h...

Corticotherapy in Eye Diseases and Its Complications

Corticosteroids are being rn;;ed in different ophthalmic disorder as anti-inflamatory agent.  A.C.T.H. stimulated the supra renal glands and causes an increase steroid concentration of the blood. Corticosteroids can be used as anti­inflamatory agent locally ar.d systemically.  The new corticom,teroids like prednison, dex­xametason and prednisolon are more effective ( 5 to 10 times) than the o...

Diseases of the Eye

Diseases of the Eye

This is the ninth edition of this world-famous textbook of ophthalmology and the appearance of a new edition after a lapse of only two years is sufficient proof of its popularity. The book is divided into eight sections which consist of the anatomy and physiology, the examination of the eye, diseases of the eye, errors of refraction and anomalies of accommodation, disorders of motility of the e...