Text-book of ophthalmology . Fig. 383.—Ciliary Body of a Myopic Fig. 384.—Ciliary Body of a Hypermetropic Eye. 772. Course.—Most cases of myopia are those of low degree, whichdevelop during youth and come to a stop after the completion of the bodygrowth (stationary myopia). In other cases, however, the myopia attainsa considerable height even in youth, and then does not remain stationary,but increases steadily during the whole life, so that finally it reaches thegreatest possible degree (progressive myopia). It is mainly these cases thatlend to destructive changes in the interior of the
Text-book of ophthalmology . Fig. 383.—Ciliary Body of a Myopic Fig. 384.—Ciliary Body of a Hypermetropic Eye. 772. Course.—Most cases of myopia are those of low degree, whichdevelop during youth and come to a stop after the completion of the bodygrowth (stationary myopia). In other cases, however, the myopia attainsa considerable height even in youth, and then does not remain stationary,but increases steadily during the whole life, so that finally it reaches thegreatest possible degree (progressive myopia). It is mainly these cases thatlend to destructive changes in the interior of the eye, and that causemyopia to appear in the light of a disease of the eye, and of a serious disease,too, which in advanced age often gives rise to amblyopia or even blindness. Among the laity there is a belief thai near-eight diminishes in ape; but this is trueonly for the lowest degrees of myopia. In advanced age the emmetropic eye becomeshypermetropic (see page 883); consequently, in a myopic eye the myopia must diminish. MYOPIA 873 [This diminution, however,
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