Copyright : Alan Macfarlane & Gerry Martin 2002 1 MYOPIA : ITS COMPARATIVE INCIDENCE AND PROBABLE CAUSES
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What Rasmussen encountered in his many years of working with Chinese eye problem astonished him. He summarized his impressions thus. 'Three facts stand out clearly in both ancient and modern records of Chinese eyesight: one that they are a highly myopic nation; two that keratomalacia is the major cause of ocular disease; and three that presbyopia is earlier than in the West by about five years. They stand out against an historical background of neglect and abuse, malnutrition, and centuries of State indifference.' (p.48)
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