Report on Ophthalmology

Lectures on Tropical Ophthalmology

On Medical Ophthalmology

The student of medicine at a date early in his clinical training is introduced to the necessity for the cultivation of thoroughness in his examination of the patient, the motive of this exhortation being twofold, namely, (i) that he may gain a complete knowledge of the individual patient as the only sure ground of correct diagnosis, and (2) that he may so develop his own powers of observation a...

Ophthalmology

This recent addition to the Clio Medica series is very welcome for several reasons. It is almost unique, for the only other histories of ophthalmology in English are a very short essay by Sorsby and an article by Shastid in the American Encyclopedia of Ophthalmology. The brevity of Chance's history has excluded a separate bibliography, yet the author has managed to include mention in the text o...

Ophthalmology.

Ophthalmology

?Myopia is an error of refraction, due to elongation of the-yeball, and its conditions vary with its degree. When it does n?t exceed four or five dioptres it is of little disadvantage, excePt to those who wish to enter the public services, or whose 0ccupations require particularly good far vision ; but as the amount increases, it causes more and more damage to the 'gnt, until in its high degree...