On Defects Of Vision Which Are Remediable By Optical Appliances

In this pioneering work, Carter offers a detailed account of the most common defects of vision and the optical appliances and treatments that can remedy them. He provides practical advice on everything from the selection and fitting of eyeglasses to the surgical correction of cataracts and other eye disorders. This book is an essential resource for optometrists and anyone interested in the history of optometry. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Excerpt from On Defects of Vision Which Are Remediable by Optical Appliances: A Course of Lectures Delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons of England In order to make clear the nature of limited or conditioned vision, it is necessary to glance at the chief functions upon which vision depends and in doing this I shall trust to be pardoned if I deal, for a short time, with very elementary matter. There are certain facts so universally known that it would not be proper to dwell upon them at any length; and yet so important, that it would not be proper to omit all mention of them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.