Handbook of ophthalmology / by C. Schweigger ; translated from the third German edition by Porter Farley.

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1878
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Credit: Handbook of ophthalmology / by C. Schweigger ; translated from the third German edition by Porter Farley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Ophthalmometer. Corneal curvature in emmetropia, myopia, and hypermetro- pia. Angle oc. Apparent strabismus divergens and convergens . . 119-125 Diseases of the Ocular Muscles. Movements of the eyes, and laws of diplopia. Centre of revolution. Extent of ocular movements. Laws of innervation. Overcoming prisms. Physiological diplopia. Double images united by prisms ............. 126-134 Paralysis of Abducens. Diminished motion. Imperfect associated movement. Secondary deviation of healthy eye. Paralytic squint. Behavior of double images. Limit between region of single vision and diplopia. Masked diplo- pia. Treatment. Use of prismatic spectacles. Exercise of paralyzed muscle. Result in strabismus convergens ........ 134-141 Paralysis of Oculo-Motorius, complete and partial. Dizziness from false pro- jection of visual field. Etiology. Treatment. Indications for tenotomy of rectus superior and inferior ......... 141-145 Paralysis of Trochlearis. Action of rectus inferior. Behavior of double images. Differential diagnosis from paralysis of rectus inferior . . 145-147 Spasm of Ocular Muscles .......... 148 Strabismus. Distinction between paralytic and typical or concomitant squint . 149 Strabismus Convergens. Its connection with hypermetropia, amblyopia, and loss of accommodation. Elasticity of muscles. Reflex impulses. Stationary monolateral squint. Invariability of squinting angle upon change of fixation, and exceptions to the rule. Alternating strabismus convergens. Periodic squint. Linear measure of squint. Simultaneous upward or downward squint. Binocular vision with strabismus. Suppression of retinal images in squinting eye. Proof that squinting eye participates in vision. Provocation of double images. Use of stereoscope. Vision in squinting eye. Amblyopia congenita. Separate exercise. Sjiontaneous disappearance of squint. Therapeutic use of convex lenses 149-165 Strabismus Divergens. Preponderance of externi. Unilateral blindness. Uni- lateral myopia. Relative divergence in myopia ..... 165-168 Muscular Asthenopia and Dynamic Squint. Insufficiency of recti interni. Condition of refraction in reference to diagnosis. Use of prismatic spectacles. Indications for tenotomy of recti externi ....... 168-173 Squinting Upward and Downward 173,174 Operation for Strabismus. Simple tenotomy. Mechanical effect of operation. Operation divided between both eyes. Influence upon acuteness of vision and binocular vision. Correction of the hypermetropia by lenses. Dissimilarity of squinting angle after unilateral operation. Twitching fixation movement. Bringing forward ocular muscle ........ 174-187 Nystagmus 187,188 PART SECOND. Diseases of the Orbit. Inflammation of fat and connective tissue. Abscess. Purulent periostitis. Danger of blindness from ulceration of cornea, from neuritis, from detachment of retina, or from purulent choroiditis. Course and treatment. Caries and necrosis of orbital walls. Exophthalmus from morbus Basedowii, from obstruction of circulation. Pulsating exophthalmus. Tumors of orbit. Hemorrhage. Fractures of orbital walls. Emphysema of orbit. Foreign bodies. Exophthalmometer ....... 191-202 Diseases of Lachrymal Organs. Inflammation of lachrymal gland (dacryo- adenitis). Fistula of gland. Dacryops. Tumors and extirpation of gland.
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