Practical Orthoptics in the Treatment of Squint and Other Anomalies of Binocular Vision
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Operations on One Hundred Cases of Convergent Concomitant Squint.
THE following series of 100 consecutive cases operated on for convergent concomitant squint is recorded to; show the degree of success which can be obtained by operation combined with orthoptic treatment. The patients were children from 6 to 14 years old, referred from the Salford Education. Committee Clinic and operated on at the Salford Municipal Hospital. It is estimated that in the orthopti...
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