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hypermetropia

NOUN
farsightedness
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
nearsightedness


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According to Donders all these furnish a reason why, in existing hypermetropia, binocular fixation should be abandoned and convergent strabismus developed.

From Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger by C. Schweigger

It happens, indeed, that in considerable degrees of hypermetropia a slight convergent deviation occurs only from time to time, the cause of which, on closer investigation, can only be sought in the ocular muscles.

From Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger by C. Schweigger

In most cases of this kind hypermetropia is present.

From Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger by C. Schweigger

It is important to notice that Donders' theory makes convergent squint appear as almost a necessary consequence of hypermetropia.

From Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger by C. Schweigger

The theory of Donders that squint is less frequent in hypermetropia of high degree because too strong convergence would not suffice to furnish clear retinal images, is scarcely tenable in the face of such cases.

From Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger by C. Schweigger




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