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hypermetropia

NOUN
farsightedness
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
nearsightedness


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It is otherwise in those cases of hypermetropia of high degree in which patients voluntarily call forth convergent squint, and retain it for a short time for the purpose of distinct vision.

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.

Afterwards, Donders sought to explain the occurrence of convergent strabismus in emmetropia by paresis of accommodation, which must indeed, according to his theory, produce the same result as hypermetropia.

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

Patient really comes on account of his son, aged 7-1/2, in whom hypermetropia of 3·5 dioptres is detected with the ophthalmoscope, right eye with + 3·5 V. 5/9.

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

H—, governess, æt. about 30, came under treatment for asthenopic disorders; on both sides hypermetropia 2·5 D., visual acuteness 5/18.

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




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