Eye Diseases in Hot Climates
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1997
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3rd Revised edition
Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7506-2544-9 (ISBN)
Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7506-2544-9 (ISBN)
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Written specifically for developing countries and the tropics, this textbook focuses on common and important eye diseases - especially those that are the major cause of blindness in developing countries. It is written from a clinical perspective but also emphasizes prevention.
Thoroughly revised and updated the new edition of Eye Diseases in Hot Climates provides a comprehensive guide to eye diseases in tropical and developing countries. It emphasises that, with suitable treatment, the vast majority of blindness and eye disease found particularly in rural communities in hot countries in avoidable. Introductory chapters cover the anatomy and physiology of the eye, optics and methods of treatment and examination. The following clinical chapters describe common diseases of the eye, their symptoms, signs, causes, management, treatment and prevention. Eye Diseases in Hot Climates is particularly valuable to the doctor, medical assistant or nurse who has to treat eye patients without specialist supervision and often with limited equipment and facilities. The specialist and the postgraduate trainee visiting or returning to the 'tropics' will also welcome this guide to major eye diseases in hot climates.
Thoroughly revised and updated the new edition of Eye Diseases in Hot Climates provides a comprehensive guide to eye diseases in tropical and developing countries. It emphasises that, with suitable treatment, the vast majority of blindness and eye disease found particularly in rural communities in hot countries in avoidable. Introductory chapters cover the anatomy and physiology of the eye, optics and methods of treatment and examination. The following clinical chapters describe common diseases of the eye, their symptoms, signs, causes, management, treatment and prevention. Eye Diseases in Hot Climates is particularly valuable to the doctor, medical assistant or nurse who has to treat eye patients without specialist supervision and often with limited equipment and facilities. The specialist and the postgraduate trainee visiting or returning to the 'tropics' will also welcome this guide to major eye diseases in hot climates.
Introduction; basic anatomy and physiology of the eye; clinical methods - history taking and eye examination; principles of treatment; the eyelids and the lacrimal apparatus; diseases of conjunctiva; trachoma; the cornea; xerophthalmia and nutritional corneal ulceration; diseases of the uvea; diseases of the lens; diseases of the retina; diseases of the optic nerve and visual pathways; glaucoma; onchocerciasis and other parasitic diseases; leprosy and the eye; squint and other disorders of eye movement; orbital diseases; eye injuries; diagnosis of common eye conditions.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.7.1997 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 157 ills. |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 790 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Augenheilkunde |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Mikrobiologie / Infektologie / Reisemedizin | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7506-2544-9 / 0750625449 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7506-2544-9 / 9780750625449 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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