The commoner diseases of the eye : how to detect and how to treat them . COMMONER DISEASES OK THE EYE. The Electric Ophthalmoscope. AMETROPIA. FITTING OF GLASSES.—OPHTHALMOSCOPE 93 close as possible to the pupil of the patient soas to obtain a direct and iiuicJi enlarged detadpicture that may be likened to the examinationof a slide with a high power. No description or illustration of these meth-ods will much avail the student; only patientpractice with and study of normal and abnormalcases will make him an expert ophthalmoscopist. On the other hand, an hours use of the in-strument every day or
The commoner diseases of the eye : how to detect and how to treat them . COMMONER DISEASES OK THE EYE. The Electric Ophthalmoscope. AMETROPIA. FITTING OF GLASSES.—OPHTHALMOSCOPE 93 close as possible to the pupil of the patient soas to obtain a direct and iiuicJi enlarged detadpicture that may be likened to the examinationof a slide with a high power. No description or illustration of these meth-ods will much avail the student; only patientpractice with and study of normal and abnormalcases will make him an expert ophthalmoscopist. On the other hand, an hours use of the in-strument every day or two for a month willenable him to employ the ophthalmoscope withprecision in the diagnosis of most of those ocu-lar changes with which every educated pyhsicianshould be familiar. For bedside purposes the electric ophthalmo-scope is the best. It is self-illuminating and byits use a patient can be readily examined in anyposition, without the necessity of a speciallydarkened room, movable gas-jet or other sourceof light—conditions requisite for an examina-tion of the fundus with the ordinary oph
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