Ophthalmology

A Symptom-based Approach

Hector Bryson Chawla (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

224 Seiten

1999 | 3rd Revised edition
Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7506-3979-8 (ISBN)

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Presenting introduction to opthalmology, this book provides medical students with the knowledge necessary for examinations. This book will be useful to trainee ophthalmologists, optometrists, ophthalmic nurses and general practitioners.

A witty and painless introduction to ophthalmology, this revised third edition of Dr Chawla's popular book, provides medical students with the essential core of knowledge necessary for examinations. The book will be invaluable to trainee ophthalmologists, optometrists, ophthalmic nurses and general practitioners. Comments from readers of a previous edition: '...the only textbook I have read that reads like a novel.' '...A masterpiece of lucid explanation.' '...Concise, erudite and quite simply a delight to read.' '...(The author has) a talent for making obscure conditions easy to understand.'

Acknolwedgements; Preface; The normal eye; A common process at work in a special organ; What patients complain about - the five symptoms; The ophthalmic ritual; Change of appearance; Pain; Watering (and discharge); Disturbance of vision; Loss of vision; The three serious causes of a red eye; Common disorders of the outer eye; Glaucoma; The cranial nerves; Nystagmus; The pupil reflexes - normal and abnormal; Double vision; The normal disc and some disc anomalies; Squint in childhood; Trauma; The vascular retinopathies; Hypertension; Diabetic retinopathy; Other vascular anomalies; Retinoblastoma; The management of refractive errors; Miscellany of words, drugs and rarities; Visual standards; Epilogue

Erscheint lt. Verlag	6.9.1999
Zusatzinfo	102 ills.
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	189 x 246 mm
Gewicht	555 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Augenheilkunde
ISBN-10	0-7506-3979-2 / 0750639792
ISBN-13	978-0-7506-3979-8 / 9780750639798
Zustand	Neuware