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A Synopsis of Ophthalmology

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PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION

PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION

FOREWORD

CHAPTER I. THE ROUTINE EXAMINATION OF AN OPHTHALMIC PATIENT

Order of Examination

History

Visual Acuity

External Examinations

Refraction

Lens and Media

Fundus

Ocular Movements

Muscle-balance Tests

Special Examinations

General Examinations

CHAPTER II. DISEASES OF THE CONJUNCTIVA

THE ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE NORMAL CONJUNCTIVA

ACUTE CONJUNCTIVITIS

CHRONIC CONJUNCTIVITIS

OPHTHALMIA NODOSUM

SYNDROME CONJUNCTIVITIS

PEMPHIGUS

TUBERCULOSIS OF THE CONJUNCTIVA

SYPHILIS OF THE CONJUNCTIVA

DEGENERATIVE CHANGES

CONJUNCTIVAL CYSTS

TUMOURS OF CONJUNCTIVA INNOCENT TUMOURS

MALIGNANT TUMOURS

CONJUNCTIVAL WOUNDS

CONJUNCTIVAL BURNS

CHAPTER III: DISEASES OF THE CORNEA

I. ULCERATIONS

II. INFILTRATIONS

III. VIRUS DISEASES

IV. DEGENERATIONS

V. DYSTROPHIES

VI. CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES

VII. WOUNDS OF THE CORNEA

VIII. BURNS OF CORNEA

CHAPTER IV. DRUGS AFFECTING INTRA-OCULAR MUSCLES

CHAPTER V. DISEASES OF THE UVEAL TRACT

ANATOMY

GENERAL REMARKS ON UVEAL INFLAMMATION

DISEASES OF THE IRIS ACUTE IRITIS

CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES OF THE IRIS

TUMOURS OF THE IRIS

CYSTS OF THE IRIS

DEGENERATIONS OF THE IRIS

DISEASES OF THE CILIARY BODY

DISEASES OF THE CHOROID

CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES

INFLAMMATIONS OF THE CHOROID

DEGENERATIONS OF THE CHOROID

DETACHMENT OF THE CHOROID

TUMOURS OF THE CHOROID

CHAPTER VI. SEASES OF THE RETINA

1. VASCULAR LESIONS

II. RETINOPATHIES

III. RETINITIS

IV. DEGENERATIONS

V. THE PHAKOMATOSES

VI. TOXIC AMBLYOPIAS

VII. TRAUMATIC LESIONS

VIII. RETINAL DETACHMENTS

IX. RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA

CHAPTER VII. DISEASES OF THE SCLERA

EPISCLERITIS

SCLERITIS

SCLEROMALACIA PERFORANS

SCLERAL STAPHYLOMA

BLUE SCLEROTICS

CHAPTER VIII. DISEASES OF THE OPTIC NERVE

I. INFLAMMATIONS

II. ΠDEMA

III. OPTIC ATROPHY

IV. CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES

V. INJURIES OF THE QPTIC NERVE

CHAPTER IX. DISEASES OF THE VITREOUS

1. VITREOUS LOSS

2. INTRA-OCULAR FOREIGN BODY

CHAPTER X. DISEASES OF THE LENS

I. CONGENITAL OR DEVELOPMENTAL CATARACT

II. ACQUIRED CATARACTS

CHAPTER XI. GLAUCOMA

PRIMARY GLAUCOMA

SECONDARY GLAUCOMA

INFANTILE GLAUCOMA (BUPHTH ALM

CHAPTER XII. DISEASES OF THE ORBIT

EXOPHTHALMOS

CELLULITIS

CAVERNOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS

ORBITAL PERIOSTITIS

NASAL SINUSITIS AND OCULAR DISEASE

EXOPHTHALMIC GOITRE

PULSATING EXOPHTHALMOS

EXOPHTHALMIC OPHTHALMOPLEGIA

ORBITAL TUMOURS

TUMOURS OF THE OPTIC NERVE

INJURIES OF THE ORBIT

CHAPTER XIII. DISEASES OF THE EYELIDS

I. INFLAMMATORY DISEASES

II. DISORDERS DUE TO MALPOSITION OF LIDS

III. TUMOURSINNOCENT TUMOURS

IV. CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES OF THEEYELIDS

V. INJURIES OF THE EYELIDS

CHAPTER XIV. DISEASES OF THE LACRIMAL APPARATUS

DISEASES OF THE LACRIMAL GLAND

DISEASES OF THE LACRIMAL PASSAGES

INFLAMMATIONS AFFECTING THE LACRIMALPASSAGES

OBSTRUCTIONS OF THE LACRIMAL PASSAGES

CHAPTER XV. INTRA-OCULAR NEOPLASMS

CARCINOMA OF THE CHOROID

MELANOMA OF THE IRIS

MELANOMA OF THE CHOROID

MELANOMA OF THE CILIARY BODY

RETINOBLASTOMA

CHAPTER XVI. OPTICAL ANOMALIES OF THE EYE

HYPERMETROPIA

MYOPIA

PRESBYOPIA

ASTIGMATISM

APHAKIA

ANISOMETROPIA

CHAPTER XVII. ANOMALIES OF OCULAR MOVEMENTS

BINOCULAR VISION AND DIPLOPIA

PARALYTIC STRABISMUS

CONCOMITANT STRABISMUS

NYSTAGMUS

CHAPTER XVIII. SUBJECTIVE VISUAL DISTURBANCES

DISTURBANCES OF VISUAL SENSATIONS

DISTURBANCES OF VISUAL FIELDS

CHAPTER XIX. OCULAR SIGNS OF GENERAL DISEASE

crocephalosyndactyly

Acromegaly

Albinism

Anachrodactyly

Arterial Hypertension

Cerebral Abscess

Cerebral Aneurysm

Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease

Diphtheria

Encephalitis Lethargica

Erysipelas of Face

Erythema Multiforme Exudativum

Erythema Nodosum

Friedrich1s Ataxia

Glomerulonephritis.

Haemophilia

Hodgkin's Disease

Hyperadrenalism

Inborn Metabolic Errors

Mumps

CHAPTER XX. OCULAR SIDE-EFFECTS OF SYSTEMICMEDICATION

Acetazolamide

Antiparkinsonian Drugs

Cardiovascular Drugs

Central Nervous System Depressants

Chlorpromazine

Corticosteroids

Iodides

Isoniazid

Oxygen Therapy

Phenothiazine

Quinine Derivatives

Salicylates

CHAPTER XXI. CONTACT LENSES

1. CORNEOSCLERAL LENSES

2. MICRO-CORNEAL LENSES

CHAPTER XXII. THE EYES IN MALNUTRITION

1. XEROPHTHALMIA

2. KERATOMALACIA

3. DEFECTIVE DARK ADAPTATION.

CHAPTER XXIII. OPHTHALMIC OPERATIONS

1. INTRACAPSULAR

2. EXTRACAPSULAR

3. BINKHORST IMPLANT

CHAPTER XXIV. SYMPATHETIC OPHTHALMIA

1. PROPHYLACTIC TREATMENT

2. TREATMENT OF ESTABLISHED SYMPATHETICIRIDOCYCLITIS

CHAPTER XXV. CHEMOTHERAPY AND ANTIBIOTICS IN EYE DISEASES

1. PENICILLIN

2. STREPTOMYCIN

3. BROAD-SPECTRUM DRUGS

4. ANTIVIRAL DRUGS

CHAPTER XXVI. CORTICOSTEROIDS IN OPHTHALMOLOGY

1. LOCAL TREATMENT

2. GENERAL TREATMENT

3. GENERAL TREATMENT

CHAPTER XXVII. ALLERGY IN OPHTHALMOLOGY

1. ISOLATION

2. DESENSITIZATION

3. LOCAL TREATMENT

4. ANTIHISTAMINE TREATMENT.

CHAPTER XXVIII. SLIT-LAMP MICROSCOPY

1. DIFFUSE ILLUMINATION

2. DIRECT FOCAL ILLUMINATION

ETRO-ILLUMINATION

4. SPECULAR REFLECTION

5. SCLEROTIC SCATTER

CHAPTER XXIX. RECENT ADVANCES IN OPHTHALMIC PRACTICE

ULTRASOUND IN OPHTHALMOLOGY

LASERS IN OPHTHALMOLOGY

INDEX