Common Eye Diseases and their Management

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Scope of Ophthalmology....Pages 3-6
Basic Anatomy and Physiology of the Eye....Pages 7-16
Examination of the Eye....Pages 17-26
Front Matter....Pages 27-27
Long Sight, Short Sight....Pages 29-31
Common Diseases of the Eyelids....Pages 33-45
Common Diseases of the Conjunctiva and Cornea....Pages 47-63
The Red Eye....Pages 65-69
Failing Vision....Pages 71-75
Headache....Pages 77-81
Contact Lenses....Pages 83-85
Front Matter....Pages 87-87
Cataract....Pages 89-99
Glaucoma....Pages 101-114
Retinal Detachment....Pages 115-122
Squint....Pages 123-131
Tumours of the Eye and Adnexae....Pages 133-141
Ocular Trauma....Pages 143-149
Front Matter....Pages 151-151
Testing Visual Acuity....Pages 153-158
The Inflamed Eye....Pages 159-169
The Ageing Eye....Pages 171-184
The Child’s Eye....Pages 185-192
Front Matter....Pages 151-151
Systemic Disease and the Eye....Pages 193-219
Neuro-ophthalmology....Pages 221-235
Genetics and the Eye....Pages 237-243
Drugs and the Eye....Pages 245-251
Front Matter....Pages 253-253
Blindness....Pages 255-258
Back Matter....Pages 259-270