hypermetropia

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Isler found in hypermetropia of 2 to 10 dioptres squinting in 75 per cent.; in my statistics H. 1·5 D. to the highest degrees of hypermetropia are likewise represented by 75 per cent.

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

I have not been able to persuade myself of the fact that hypermetropia can play any part therein.

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

Further, however, I maintain that as a rule, at the age when squint usually begins, the accommodation really suffices to overcome even high degrees of hypermetropia.

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

Dr. Isler in his dissertation, 'The Dependence of Strabismus on Refraction,' gives the percentage of hypermetropia in convergent squint as 88 per cent.—a great difference, which can, however, be partly accounted for.

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

In hypermetropia, if one causes fixation at about 30 cm. and then covers the eye with the hand, it frequently deviates inwards.

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