Research Catalog

Title

Ophthalmology : a primer for medical students and practitioners / Calbert I. Phillips, Charles V. Clark, Shigeo Tsukahara ; with a contribution by John D.C. Anderson, Malcolm G. Kerr Muir.

Author

Phillips, Calbert I.

Publication

London ; Philadelphia : Bailliere Tindall, [1994], ©1994.

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Additional Authors

• Anderson, John D. C.
• Clark, Charles V.
• Kerr Muir, Malcolm G.
• Tsukahara, Shigeo.

Description

[xviii], 220 pages : illustrations (some color); 22 cm

Summary

• Medical students will welcome this comprehensive and readable short textbook of ophthalmology, which presents, in a lively and accessible style, all the relevant information they will need for undergraduate examinations. The authors have produced a coherent summary of this often demanding specialty; the text is well-expressed, logically organized and uses clear diagrams, photographs and lists of key points to make complex issues easier to understand and revise.
• The authors explain, step by step, the practical ophthalmological procedures that all GPs and Casualty Officers need. The book includes an invaluable Practical Checklist and all the background information needed when discussing therapeutic options with the patient, making it an ideal everyday reference.

Subject

Ophthalmology

Note

• Includes index.

Contents

1. Introductory Anatomy and Physiology -- 2. Clinical Assessment of the 'Eye Patient' -- 3. Refractive Errors, Spectacles, Contact Lenses and Refractive Surgery -- 4. Squint or Strabismus -- 5. Glaucoma -- 6. The Red Eye -- 7. Sudden Painless Loss of Vision -- 8. Gradual Painless Loss of Vision -- 9. Neuro-ophthalmology -- 10. Diabetes and the Eye -- 11. Trauma -- 12. The Eyelids -- 13. The Orbit and Proptosis (Exophthalmos) -- 14. Tears: The Dry Eye and The Watering Eye -- 15. Tropical Ophthalmology -- 16. Genetics in Ophthalmology -- 17. Epidemiology of Visual Loss.

ISBN

0702016098

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries