Ophthalmology: A Symptom-Based Approach - Brossura

Chawla, Hector Bryson

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0750639792 ISBN 13: 9780750639798

Casa editrice: Butterworth-Heinemann Medical, 1999

Riassunto

A witty and painless introduction to ophthalmology, this revised third edition of Dr Chawla's popular book provides medical students with the essential core of knowledge necessary for examinations.

The book will be invaluable to trainee ophthalmologists, optometrists, ophthalmic nurses and general practitioners.

Comments from readers of a previous edition:

`...the only textbook I have read that reads like a novel.'
`...A masterpiece of lucid explanation.'
`...Concise, erudite and quite simply a delight to read.'
`...(The author has) a talent for making obscure conditions easy to understand.'

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Recensione:

"...the only textbook I have read that reads like a novel....A masterpiece of lucid explanation....Concise, erudite and quite simply a delight to read....(The author has) a talent for making obscure conditions easy to understand." Comments from readers of the previous edition
there are some remarkably helpful passages" Robert Fletcher, Optical Practitioner, June 2000

Contenuti:

Acknolwedgements; Preface; The normal eye; A common process at work in a special organ; What patients complain about - the five symptoms; The ophthalmic ritual; Change of appearance; Pain; Watering (and discharge); Disturbance of vision; Loss of vision; The three serious causes of a red eye; Common disorders of the outer eye; Glaucoma; The cranial nerves; Nystagmus; The pupil reflexes - normal and abnormal; Double vision; The normal disc and some disc anomalies; Squint in childhood; Trauma; The vascular retinopathies; Hypertension; Diabetic retinopathy; Other vascular anomalies; Retinoblastoma; The management of refractive errors; Miscellany of words, drugs and rarities; Visual standards; Epilogue

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• Editore: Butterworth-Heinemann Medical
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0750639792
• ISBN 13: 9780750639798
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 215